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Depiction: Khendjer
Image: Gustave Jéquier (1868–1946), 1933, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (resized)

Second Intermediate Period · 13th Dynasty

Khendjer

Reign
c. 1718–1712 BC
Throne name
User-ka-Re
Dynasty
13th Dynasty
Period
Second Intermediate Period, c. 1780–1550 BC
Capital at the time
Itjtawy, Avaris (Hyksos), Thebes

Khendjer is listed in the king list under ‘13th Dynasty’ and so belongs to this period: Second Intermediate Period (c. 1780–1550 BC). Reign: c. 1718–1712 BC. The throne name is User-ka-Re.

What is known about Khendjer

Built a pyramid at South Saqqara.

From the German Wikipedia list of pharaohs, CC BY-SA 4.0, translated and edited.

The period: Second Intermediate Period

Many kings in quick succession weaken the realm. Immigrants from Western Asia, the Hyksos (‘rulers of foreign lands’), take power in the north, while a separate royal house rules in Thebes.

More about this period: Second Intermediate Period

13th Dynasty: all rulers

Further reading

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