Khayu
| Khayu | ||||||||
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 Khayu's name on the Palermo Stone | ||||||||
| Pharaoh | ||||||||
| Reign | 4th millenium BC[1] | |||||||
| Predecessor | Hsekiu | |||||||
| Successor | Tiu | |||||||
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| Dynasty | Predynastic Period | |||||||
Khayu,[3] or Khaiu,[4] was a predynastic pharaoh of Lower Egypt who is mentioned as the fourth ruler on the Palermo Stone. As there is no other evidence of such a ruler, he may be a mythical king preserved through oral tradition,[5] or may even be completely fictitious.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ Lundström, Peter. "Khayu in hieroglyphs". Pharaoh.se. Retrieved 2025-11-13.
- ^ From: Palermo Stone
- ^ Lundström, Peter. "Khayu in hieroglyphs". Pharaoh.se. Retrieved 2025-11-13.
- ^ gamelyankhaled. Royal Annals Of Ancient Egypt Routledge Toby A. H. Wilkinson ( 2000).
- ^ Helck, Untersuchungen zu Manetho und den ägyptischen Königslisten 1956, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Altertumskunde Ägyptens 18
- ^ O'Mara, Was there an Old Kingdom historiography? Is it datable? 1996, Orientalia 65: 197-208
- ^ Wilkinson, Toby A. H. (2000). Royal Annals of Ancient Egypt. p.85 New York: Columbia University Press). ISBN 0-7103-0667-9.
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