Nebmaatre
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Nebmaatre was a ruler dated to the Second Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt
. The king may date to the 17th dynasty
based on an axe blade inscribed with his name.
, one of the later kings of the 18th Dynasty.
A 20th dynasty prince and High priest of Re in Heliopolis was also called Nebmaatre
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Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
. The king may date to the 17th dynasty
Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt
The Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Second Intermediate Period. The Seventeenth Dynasty dates approximately from 1580 to 1550 BC.-Rulers:...
based on an axe blade inscribed with his name.
Other Ancient Egyptians named Nebmaatre
It is also the praenomen of Amenhotep IIIAmenhotep III
Amenhotep III also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty. According to different authors, he ruled Egypt from June 1386 to 1349 BC or June 1388 BC to December 1351 BC/1350 BC after his father Thutmose IV died...
, one of the later kings of the 18th Dynasty.
A 20th dynasty prince and High priest of Re in Heliopolis was also called Nebmaatre
Nebmaatre (prince)
Nebmaatre was an ancient Egyptian prince and High Priest of Re in Heliopolis during the 20th dynasty. He is likely to have been a son of Ramesses IX since they are mentioned together on a door lintel in a Heliopolis temple...
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