All the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt
The hieroglyphs of the pharaohs, their titles and names.
· archived 5/18/2026, 12:44:26 AMscreenshotcached html All the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt Kinglists Turin king list (TKL) Content of TKL Abydos Canon Karnak Canon Saqqara Canon Comparing the lists Ramesseum Canon Medinet Habu Canon Marseille stele Other king lists Manetho Africanus Eusebius Jerome Manetho Josephus Syncellus Herodotus Diodorus Eratosthenes Comparing Manetho Dynasties All dynasties Archaic Period Old Kingdom First Intermediate Period Middle Kingdom Second Intermediate Period New Kingdom Third Intermediate Period Late Period Roman Emperors Unplaced pharaohs More The pharaohs The obelisks Library Monuments Titles & Epithets Bibliography Image Gallery Hieroglyphs About The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt The royal titulary of the Egyptian Pharaohs was the standard naming convention taken by the kings of Ancient Egypt. It symbolises their supremacy and holy might. The names were sometimes altered during the reign to mark an important event. The knowledge to read and write hieroglyphs was lost by 450 CE, and would remain so until the 1820s, when the Rosetta Stone was deciphered, enabling the reading of the hieroglyphs again. Hieroglyphic writing does not normally indicate wovels, and in modern transcriptions, an 'e' is added between consonants to aid in their pronunciation. Since the ancient Egyptian language has been dead for two millennia, the knowledge of how the writing was actually pronounced can only be estimated. To be consistent, the hieroglyphic sun disc ⊙ (Gardiner sign N5) is always transliterated as Ra on these pages, despite the use of Re being more common among Egyptologists, if also arbitrarily used. (i.e. Ramesses and Neferkare both inlude the N5-sign, but one as Ra, the other as Re.) The combined names form the royal titulary, which consisted of the Horus, Nebty, Golden Horus, Throne, and Birth names. Some pharaohs are only known by one or two of the five names, and many remain to be assigned to the correct king. All known and most unidentified names of the pharaohs can be found here. Famous pharaohs Tutankhamun Ramesses II Amenemhat III Thutmose III Hatshepsut Ramesses III Khufu Djoser Narmer Pepi II Sneferu Cleopatra List of the Pharaohs The pharaohs of ancient Egypt, from predynastic times up to and including the roman emperors, who were not pharaohs as such, but are included here because some of their names were inscribed on monuments using hieroglyphs. PeriodDynastyPharaohsArchaicPeriodPredynasticSeka Khayu Tiu Tjesh Neheb Wenegbu Mekh 1Narmer Aha Djer Djet Den Adjib Semerkhet Qaa 2Hotepsekhemwy Nebra Ninetjer Wadjenes Senedj Sekhemib Peribsen Sneferka Neferkasokar Hudjefa I Khasekhemwy OldKingdom3Nebka Djoser Sekhemkhet Hudjefa II Mesochris Nebkara Neferkara Huni 4Sneferu Khufu Radjedef Khafra Menkaura Shepseskaf Baufra Thamphthis Hordjedef 5Userkaf Sahura Neferirkara I Kakai Shepseskara Netjeruser Neferefra Isi Niuserra Ini Menkauhor Kaiu Djedkara Isesi Unas 6Teti Userkara Pepi I Nemtiemsaf I Pepi II Nemtiemsaf II FirstIntermediatePeriod7No known names, only attested by Africanus/Eusebius8Netjerikara Menkara Neferkara II Neferkara Neby Djedkara Shemai Neferkara Khendu Merenhor Neferkamin I Nikara Neferkara Tereru Neferkahor Neferkara Pepiseneb Neferkamin Anu Qakara Ibi Neferkaura Neferkauhor Neferirkara II 9Meribra Khety I Neferkara III Wahkara Khety II Senen Neferkara Khety III 10Nebkaura Khety IV Merikara Sekhemkara I Wadjkara Ity Imhotep Hotep Khui Isu Iytenu MiddleKingdom11Mentuhotep I Intef I Intef II Intef III Mentuhotep II Mentuhotep III Mentuhotep IV 12Amenemhat I Senusret I Amenemhat II Senusret II Senusret III Amenemhat III Amenemhat IV Neferusobek SecondIntermediatePeriod13Sobekhotep I Sonbef Nerikara Sekhemkara Amenemhat Ameny Qemau Qemau Siharnedjheritef Iufni Sankhibra Amenemhat Nebnun Sewesekhtawy Sehotepibra Sewadjkara Nedjemibra Sobekhotep II Ranisonb Hor I Sekhemra Khutawy Djedkheperu Sebkay Sedjefakara Kay-Amenemhat Wegaf Khendjer Imyremeshaw Intef IV Meribra Seth Sobekhotep III Neferhotep I Sihathor Sobekhotep IV Sobekhotep V Sobekhotep VI Wahibra Jaib Aya Ini Sewadjtu Ined Sewadjkara Hori Sobekhotep VII Merkheperra Merkara Mentuhotep V Ibi Hor II Se...kara Sankhptahi Sekhaenra Maara Sobekhotep Senebmiu 14Yakbim Yammu Qareh Aahotepra Sheshi Nehesi Khakherura Nebfaura Sehabra Merdjefara Sewadjkara III Nebdjefara Webenra ..djefara ..webenra Awibra Heribra Nebsenra Sekheperenra Djedkherura Sankhibra II Nefertum..ra Sekhem..ra Kakemura Neferibra I..ra Khakara Akara Hapu Anati Babnum Senefer..ra Men..ra Djed..ra Inek.. 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Wazad Sheneh 15Salitis Sakir-Har Khyan Apepi Khamudy Aperanat Semqen Apachnas Sharek Beon 16Djehuty Sobekhotep VIII Neferhotep III Mentuhotepi Nebirau I Nebirau II Semenenra Bebiankh Sekhemra Shedwaset Dedumose I Dedumose II Mentuemsaf Mentuhotep VI Senusret IV Pepi III Nebmaatra Anetjerira Meribra Nubankhra Nikara II 17Rahotep Sobekemsaf I Sobekemsaf II Intef V Intef VI Intef VII Senakhtenra Seqenenra Kamose Abydos?Senebkay Wepwawetemsaf Pantjeny Snaaib NewKingdom18Ahmose I Amenhotep I Thutmose I Thutmose II Hatshepsut Thutmose III Amenhotep II Thutmose IV Amenhotep III Amenhotep IV Neferneferuaten Smenkhkara Tutankhamun Ay Horemheb 19Ramesses I Seti I Ramesses II Merenptah Seti II Amenmesse Siptah Tausret 20Setnakht Ramesses III Ramesses IV Ramesses V Ramesses VI Ramesses VII Ramesses VIII Ramesses IX Ramesses X Ramesses XI ThirdIntermediatePeriod21Smendes I Amenemnesut Psusennes I Amenemope Osochor Siamun Psusennes II 22Shoshenq I Osorkon I Shoshenq II Shoshenq IIb Takelot I Osorkon II Shoshenq III Shoshenq IV Pami Shoshenq V Pedubast II Osorkon IV 23Takelot II Pedubast I Iuput I Shoshenq VI Osorkon III Takelot III Rudamun 24Tafnakht Bakenrenef 25Piye Shabaka Shebitko Taharqa Tenutamen LatePeriod26Necho I Psamtik I Necho II Psamtik II Apries Amasis Psamtik III 27Cambyses II Darius I Xerxes I Artaxerxes I Darius II Artaxerxes II 28Amyrtaeus 29Neferites I Akoris Psammuthis Neferites II Muthis 30Nectanebo I Djedhor Teos I Nectanebo II 31Artaxerxes III Arses Darius III ArgeadAlexander the Great Philip III Arrhidaeus Alexander IV Aegus PtolemaicPtolemy I Ptolemy II Ptolemy III Ptolemy IV Ptolemy V Ptolemy VI Ptolemy VII Ptolemy VIII Ptolemy IX Ptolemy X Ptolemy XI Ptolemy XII Ptolemy XIII Ptolemy XIV Cleopatra VII Ptolemy XV RomanEmpire RomanAugustus Tiberius Caligula Claudius Nero Galba Otho Vespasianus Titus Domitianus Nerva Trajanus Hadrianus Antoninus Pius Marcus Aurelius Lucius Verus Commodus Septimius Severus Caracalla Geta Macrinus Diadumenianus Philippus Arabs Trajanus Decius Valerianus Probus Diocletianus Maximianus Galerius Maximinus Daia Uncertain To be determined/added This page was retrieved from PHARAOH.SE PHARAOH.SE © 2011–2024 by Peter Lundström — Some Rights Reserved — V. 4.0 Disclaimer: Content should be accurate, but errors and/or omissions are possible.All information is provided "as is". 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