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of Sanakht, together with a cartouche containing a form of the sign for "ka," with just enough room for the sign for "Neb." Nebka's reign length is given as eighteen years by both Manetho and the Turin Canon, though these sources write over 2,300 and 1,400 years after his lifetime, so their accuracy
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Dating the Third Dynasty is similarly challenging. Shaw gives the dates as being approximately from 2686 to 2613 BC. The Turin King List suggests a total of 75 years for the third dynasty. Baines and Malek have placed the third dynasty as spanning the years 2650–2575 BC, while Dodson and Hilton date
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Nebka's identification with Sanakht is uncertain; though many Egyptologists continue to support the theory that the two kings were one and the same man, opposition exists because this opinion rests on a single fragmentary clay seal discovered in 1903 by
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is uncertain. In contrast to Djoser, both Sanakht and Nebka are attested in considerably few relics for a ruler of nearly two decades; the Turin Canon gives a reign of only six years to an unnamed immediate predecessor of
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gives Necheróphes (Nebka), Tosorthrós (Djoser), Týreis (Djoserti/Sekhemkhet), Mesôchris (Sanakht, probably the same person as Nebka), Sôÿphis (also Djoser), Tósertasis (also Djoserti/Sekhemkhet), Achês (Nebtawy Nebkare;
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suggests that this number fits Sanakht (whom he identifies concretely with Nebka), given the sparsity of archaeological evidence for him, but it could also be the reign length of
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suggests that Nebka should be placed between Djoser and Huni, and not before Djoser. More importantly, seals naming Djoser were found at the entrance to
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of the Third Dynasty ruled for approximately 75 years. Due to recent archaeological findings in Abydos revealing that Djoser was the one who buried
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was the founder of the dynasty. However, the two were not very far apart temporally; they may have been brothers, along with
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Some authorities believe that Imhotep lived into the reign of the Pharaoh Huni. Little is known for certain of
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the dynasty to 2584–2520 BC. It is not uncommon for these estimates to differ by more than a century.
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records nine, many of whom did not exist or are simply the same king under multiple names.
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was the first king of this dynasty, pointing out the order in which some predecessors of
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Die Königsmütter des Alten Ägypten von der Frühzeit bis zum Ende der 12. Dynastie
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Djeserty. The last king of the dynasty is Huni, who may be the same person as
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6–28 years, depending on identification; most likely six, 18, or 19 years
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Khaba, perhaps nonexistent), Sêphuris (Qahedjet), and Kerpherês (Huni).
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Some scholars have proposed a southern origin for the Third Dynasty.
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States and territories disestablished in the 3rd millennium BC
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The Layer Pyramid of Zawiyet el-Aryan: Its Layout and Context.
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of the Third Dynasty, many contemporary Egyptologists believe
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based on iconographic evidence, and Keita argued an origin in
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States and territories established in the 3rd millennium BC
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Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt (JARCE)
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An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
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Index

Third Dynasty of Ur
Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara
Pyramid of Djoser
Saqqara
Memphis
Egyptian language
ancient Egyptian religion
Absolute monarchy
Bronze Age
Second Dynasty of Egypt
Fourth Dynasty of Egypt
Periods
dynasties
ancient Egypt
BC
Early
Pre-dynastic period
First Dynasty
Second Dynasty
Old Kingdom
Third Dynasty
Fourth Dynasty
Fifth Dynasty
Sixth Dynasty
First Intermediate
Seventh Dynasty
Eighth Dynasty
Ninth Dynasty
Tenth Dynasty
Eleventh Dynasty

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