KHASEKHEMWY

'Khasekhemwy' (d. 2686 BC; sometimes spelled 'Khasekhemui') was the 5th and final Pharaoh of the Second dynasty of Egypt. Little is known of Khasekhemwy, other than that he led several significant military campaigns and built several monuments, still extant, mentioning war against the Northerners.
Khasekhemwy is normally placed as the successor of Seth-Peribsen, though some Egyptologists believe that another Pharaoh, ''Khasekhem'', ruled between them. Most others, however, believe Khasekhem and Khasekhemwy are, in fact, the same person^[1]. Khasekhem may have changed his name to Khasekhemwy after he reunited Upper and Lower Egypt after a civil war between the followers of the gods Horus and Set. Others believe he defeated the reigning king, Seth-Peribsen, after returning to Egypt from putting down a revolt in Nubia. Either way he ended the infighting of the Second dynasty and reunited Egypt.
Since Nimaethap held the titles of Great Royal Wife, and mother of the Kings Children, there is reason to consider her to have been his wife. Together they might have been the parents of Djoser.
He is unique in Egyptian history as having both the symbols of Horus and Set on his ''serekh''. Some Egyptologists believe that this was an attempt to unify the two factions; but after his death, Set was dropped from the serekh permanently.
He built a 'fort' at Nekhen, and at Abydos (now known as Shunet ez Zebib) and was buried there in the necropolis at Umm el-Qa'ab. According to Toby Wilkinson's study of the Palermo Stone in ''Royal Annals of Ancient Egypt'', this near contemporary document assigns Khasekhemwy a reign of 17.5 or nearly 18 full years. (see pp.78 & 80)

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Toby Wilkinson, Royal Annals of Ancient Egypt: The Palermo Stone and Its Associated Fragments, (Kegan Paul International), 2000.

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1. [1] King Khasekhem