Neferkahor

The cartouche of Neferkahor

Neferkahor was a King of Eighth Dynasty, First Intermediate Period, c. 2180-2170 BC. Although the central confidence of the kings had passed in the direct wake of the end of the Sixth Dynasty, great of the forms were still maintained. Neferkahor, an early monarch of the Eighth Dynasty, and marginally less working than his associate kings in the dynasty in that a fourth year of his rule is recorded, published a series of decrees taking the Governor of Upper Egypt, Shemay, in the manner of oblations to be made in the temples in the South, on the occasion of the kings accession. He as well decreed the titles to be given to his daughter, Nebyet, who was marital to Shemay.

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Kleomenes

Kleomenes was a Greek glorified to establish the city of Alexandria by Alexander III the Great (332-323 B.C.E.). A companion of Alexander III The Great, Kleomenes was placed with constructing the new capital of Alexandria in the Delta. Kleomenes processed with Deinokrates, the architect, and others, accepting Krateros of Olynthas, in starting  the  massive  projects. Alexandria's construction extended until the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285-246 B.C.E.).

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·        Lucius Memmius

Lucius Memmius

Lucius Memmius was a roman official and scholar who came in Egypt in 112 B.C.E. His tour of the Nile Valley happened in the joint dominate of Ptolemy IX Soter II (116-107, 88-81 B.C.E.) and Cleopatra III. Memmius gone to the Faiyum part in Middle Egypt in order to consider crocodiles at Crocodilopolis. The  royal  court  at  Alexandria transmitted a letter to Faiyum officials, apprising  them to assist Lucius Memmius in his causes to see  the Labyrinth besides. The Labyrinth was the temple precinct of Amenemhet III (1844-1797 B.C.E.) at Hawara in the Faiyum. The Egyptians were learned to take  the  greatest pains  in  making  Memmius gratified at every turn.

For more about Lucius Memmius, See:

Wiseman (T. P.), "Lucius Memmius and His Family", The Classical Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 1 (May, 1967), pp. 164-167.

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·        Mekhtemweskhet III
·        Kiya
·        Neferkau
·        Amemait