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Name | Main Title | Dynasty | Date | Comment |
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Nakht | Astronomer | 18th dynasty | fl. c. 14th century BC | Served during the reign of Tuthmose IV. Buried in TT52 |
Nakhthoreb | Pharaoh | 30th dynasty | See Nectanebo II | |
Nakhtmin | General | 18th dynasty | fl. c. mid-14th century BC | A general during the reign of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Nakhtmin may have been the son and heir of Pharaoh Ay but died before the end of the Ay’s reign. |
Nakhtnebef | Pharaoh | 30th dynasty | See Nectanebo I | |
Nakhtneith | Queen | 1st dynasty | fl. c. 31st century BC | Wife to king Djer. |
Nakhtpaaten (or Nakht) | Vizier | 18th dynasty | fl. c. mid-14th century BC | Vizier of Pharaoh Akhenaten. Nakhtpaaten succeeded the vizier Ramose in office. Known from his tomb in Amarna. |
Nakhtubasterau | Queen | 26th dynasty | fl. c. mid-6th century BC | Wife of pharaoh Amasis II. Name also written as Nakhtbastetiru. |
Naparaye | Queen | 25th dynasty | fl. c. late-8th century BC | Naparaye was the daughter of King Piye and the sister-wife of King Taharqa. |
Narmer | Pharaoh | 1st dynasty | fl. c. 31st century BC | The pharaoh who is thought to be the successor to the proto-dynastic pharaohs Scorpion and/or Ka, and possibly the unifier of Egypt and founder of the 1st dynasty, and therefore the first pharaoh of all Egypt. |
Nasakhma | King of Kush | fl. c. mid-5th century BC | Kushite King of Meroe. He was the successor to king Siaspiqa. (or Nasakhmaqa) | |
Nastasen | King of Kush | fl. c. late-4th century BC | King of Kush (reigned c. 335 BC – c. 310 BC). He was probably the son of King Harsiotef and Queen Pelkha and his wife may have been Sekhmakh. Nastasen defeated an invasion of Kush from Upper Egypt led by a local ruler, Khabbash. | |
Nauny | Princess | 21st dynasty | fl. c. mid-11th century BC | Also known as Nany or Entiuny. She was probably a daughter of High Priest, later Pharaoh Pinedjem I. |
Nebamun | Vizier | 18th- 19th dynasty | fl. c. early to mid-13th century BC | Vizier during the late 18th and early 19th dynasties of Egypt. He held that office from the reign of Horemheb to the reign of Ramesses II. |
Nebemakhet | Prince | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | He was the son of pharaoh Khafre and queen Meresankh III. He was Chief Justice and Vizier to the pharaoh Menkaure. |
Nebet | Queen | 5th dynasty | fl. c. 24th century BC | The wife of king Unas. |
Nebet | Vizier | 6th dynasty | fl. c. 24th century BC | A female vizier who held the office during the reign of Pepi I. Nebet’s two daughters, Ankhesenpepi I and Ankhesenpepi II married Pepi I. She was married to Khui and their son Djau was a vizier. |
Nebetah | Princess | 18th dynasty | fl. c. mid-14th century BC | Daughter of Amenhotep III and wife Tiye. She was a younger sister of Akhenaten. |
Nebetia | Princess | 18th dynasty | fl. c. mid-14th century BC | She was the granddaughter of Pharaoh Thutmose IV and the daughter of Prince Siatum. |
Nebetiunet | Princess | 18th dynasty | fl. c. mid-15th century BC | A daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose III and his wife Merytre-Hatshepsut. |
Nebetnehat | Queen | 18th dynasty | fl. c. 14th century BC | A Queen of an unidentified Pharaoh. Her name is only known from an alabaster canopic fragment found in the valley of the Queens. |
Nebettawy | Princess- Queen | 19th dynasty | fl. c. mid-13th century BC | The daughter and a Great Royal Wife of pharaoh Ramesses II. |
Nebiriau I Sewadjenre | Pharaoh | 16th dynasty | fl. c. early-16th century BC | Also known as Nebiryerawet I. A pharaoh of the 16th Theban dynasty based in Upper Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period. |
Nebiriau II | Pharaoh | 16th dynasty | fl. c. 19th century BC | Also known as Nebiryerawet II. A pharaoh of the 16th Theban dynasty based in Upper Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period. |
Nebit | Vizier | 16th dynasty | fl. c. early-16th century BC | Nebit was an Ancient Egyptian official under king Senusret III. |
Nebmaatre | Prince, Righ Priest of Re | 20th dynasty | fl. c. late-12th century BC | High Priest of Re in Heliopolis. He was probably a son of Ramesses IX. |
Nebneteru Tenry | High Priest of Amun | 19th dynasty | fl. c. early-13th century BC | High Priest of Amun under pharaoh Seti I. Nebneteru's wife, Merytre, was Chief of the Harem of Amun. |
Nebnuni | Pharaoh | 13th dynasty | See Nebnun(i) Semenkare. | |
Nebre | Pharaoh | 2nd dynasty | See Raneb. | |
Nebtu | Queen | 18th dynasty | fl. c. mid-15th century BC | Wife of the 18th dynasty king, Thutmose III. |
Nebtyemneferes | Princess | 5th dynasty | fl. c. 24th century BC | Daughter of Pharaoh Djedkare. |
Nebty-tepites | Princess | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | Nebty-tepites was a daughter of Prince Horbaef and his half-sister Meresankh II. After Horbaef's death, Meresankh married either the pharaoh Djedefra or the pharaoh Khafra. |
Nebwenenef | High Priest of Amun | 19th dynasty | fl. c. early-13th century BC | High Priest of Amun at the beginning of the reign of Ramesses II. Prior to that, Nebwenenef had served as High Priest of Anhur and High Priest of Hathor during the reign of Seti I. |
Neby | Pharaoh | 7th dynasty | See Neferkare Neby. | |
Necho I | King of Sais | 26th dynasty | fl. c. mid-7th century BC | Also known as Nekau I. Governor of the Egyptian city of Sais. He was the first attested local Saite king of the 26th dynasty of Egypt (reigned c. 672 BC–c. 664 BC). He was killed by an invading Kushite force under Tantamani. |
Necho II | Pharaoh | 26th dynasty | fl. c. late-7th century BC | Also known as Nekau II (reigned c. 610 BC–c. 595 BC). Following the collapse of the Assyrian Empire, the Babylonians under Nebuchadrezzar II fought the armies of Pharaoh Necho II. The Egyptians were defeated and eventually expelled from Syria. |
Nectanebo I | Pharaoh | 30th dynasty | reigned 380 BC – 362 BC | Also known as Nekhtnebef. Nectanebo deposed and killed Nefaarud II, starting the last dynasty of Egyptian kings. He spent much of his reign defending his kingdom against Persian reconquest but still erected many monuments and temples. |
Nectanebo II | Pharaoh | 30th dynasty | reigned 360 BC – 343 BC | Also known as Nakhthoreb, the last king of the 30th dynasty and the last native Egyptian ruler in antiquity. He was placed on the throne by the Spartan king Agesilaus II, who helped him overthrow Teos and fight off a rival pretender. Nectanebo II was defeated by the Persian king Artaxerxes III, and went into exile in Nubia. Egypt once again became a satrapy of the Persian Empire. |
Nedjeftet | Queen | 6th dynasty | fl. c. 24th century BC | Wife of pharaoh Pepi I. |
Nedjem | Prince | 18th dynasty | fl. c. late-15th century BC | He was a son of Pharaoh Amenhotep II. |
Nedjemib | Princess | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | She was a daughter of Rahotep and Nofret and niece of pharaoh Khufu. |
Neferefre | Pharaoh | 5th dynasty | fl. c. 25th century BC | Also known as Raneferef. He reigned c. 2460 BC – c. 2453 BC. |
Neferetnebty | Queen | 5th dynasty | fl. c. 25th century BC | A wife of pharaoh Sahure. Her name is sometimes written as Neferet-ha-Nebti, or Neferetnebti. |
Neferhetepes | Princess | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | A daughter of Pharaoh Djedefre. |
Neferhotep | Scribe | 13th dynasty | fl. c. mid-18th century BC | A 13th dynasty Egyptian official and scribe. |
Neferhotep I | Pharaoh | 13th dynasty | fl. c. late-18th century BC | He was the son of a Theban military family and brother of King Sobekhotep IV. |
Neferhotep III Sekhemre Sankhtawy | Pharaoh | 16th dynasty | fl. c. late-17th century BC | A king during the Theban 16th Dynasty. |
Neferirkare | Pharaoh | 8th dynasty | fl. c. 22nd century BC | He reigned c. 2161 BC – c. 2160 BC, during the First Intermediate Period. |
Neferirkare Kakai | Pharaoh | 5th dynasty | fl. c. 25th century BC | He reigned c. 2477 BC – c. 2467 BC. He married Queen Khentkaus II. |
Neferkahor | Pharaoh | 7th dynasty | fl. c. 22nd century BC | May have been a 7th dynasty king of Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. |
Neferkamin | Pharaoh | 7th dynasty | fl. c. 22nd century BC | May have been a 7th dynasty king of Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. |
Neferkamin Anu | Pharaoh | 8th dynasty | fl. c. 22nd century BC | May have been an 8th dynasty king of Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. |
Neferkara I | Pharaoh | 8th dynasty | fl. c. 22nd century BC | May have been a 7th dynasty king of Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. |
Neferkare II | Pharaoh | 7th dynasty | fl. c. 22nd century BC | May have been a 7th dynasty king of Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. |
Neferkare III | Pharaoh | 9th dynasty | fl. c. 22nd century BC | A king during the 9th dynasty of Egypt controlling territories based around Herakleopolis. |
Neferkare Iymeru | Vizier | 13th dynasty | An Egyptian vizier under king Sobekhotep IV. | |
Neferkare Khendu | Pharaoh | 7th dynasty | fl. c. 22nd century BC | May have been a 7th dynasty king of Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. |
Neferkare Neby | Pharaoh | 7th dynasty | fl. c. 22nd century BC | May have been a 7th dynasty king of Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. His mother was probably Queen Ankhesenpepi II and his father was probably Pepi II Neferkare. |
Neferkare Pepiseneb | Pharaoh | 8th dynasty | fl. c. 22nd century BC | May have been an 8th dynasty king of Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. |
Neferkare Tereru | Pharaoh | 7th dynasty | fl. c. 22nd century BC | May have been a 7th dynasty king of Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. |
Neferkau | Prince | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | He was a son of Rahotep and Nofret and nephew of pharaoh Khufu. |
Neferkauhor | Pharaoh | 8th dynasty | fl. c. 22nd century BC | He reigned c. 2163 BC–c. 2161 BC, during the First Intermediate Period. |
Neferkaure II | Pharaoh | 8th dynasty | fl. c. 22nd century BC | He reigned c. 2167 BC–c. 2163 BC, during the First Intermediate Period. |
Nefermaat I | Vizier | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | A son of pharaoh Sneferu. He was a vizier and was a half-brother of Khufu. Nefermaat's wife was Itet. |
Nefermaat II | Vizier | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | Vizier during the reign of his cousin pharaoh Khafra. Nefermaat was a son of Princess Nefertkau . |
Neferneferuaten Ankhkheperure | Pharaoh | 18th dynasty | fl. c. mid-14th century BC | A female Egyptian pharaoh (reigned c.1335 BC – c.1333 BC) toward the end of the Amarna era during the 18th Dynasty. She was probably a daughter of pharaoh Akhenaten. |
Neferneferuaten Tasherit | Princess | 18th dynasty | fl. c. mid-14th century BC | A daughter of Pharaoh Akhenaten and his Great Royal Wife Nefertiti. |
Neferneferure | Princess | 18th dynasty | fl. c. mid-14th century BC | A daughter of Pharaoh Akhenaten and Great Royal Wife Nefertiti. |
Neferronpet | Vizier | 19th dynasty | fl. c. mid-13th century BC | An Egyptian vizier and a High Priest of Ptah during the reign of pharaoh Ramesses II. |
Nefersheshemre called Seshi | Vizier | 6th dynasty | fl. c. 24th century BC | A vizier during the early to middle part of the reign of the 6th dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Teti. |
Nefertari | Queen | 18th dynasty | fl. c. late-15th century BC | The first Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Thutmose IV. |
Nefertari | Queen | 19th dynasty | fl. c. mid-13th century BC | Also known as Nefertari Merytmut, one of the Great Royal Wives of pharaoh Ramesses II. |
Neferthenut | Queen | 12th dynasty | fl. c. mid-19th century BC | She was probably the wife of pharaoh Senusret III. |
Nefertiabet | Princess | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | She was a daughter of Pharaoh Khufu and sister of Hetepheres II and Khafra. |
Nefertiti | Queen | 18th dynasty | fl. c. mid-14th century BC | The Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten. Nefertiti is also known for her bust which was attributed to the sculptor Thutmose. |
Nefertkau I | Princess | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | A daughter of pharaoh Sneferu and a half-sister to Khufu. |
Nefertkau II | Princess | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | The wife and sister of Prince Khufukhaf I, son of the 4th dynasty pharaoh Khufu. |
Nefertkau III | Princess | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | She was probably a daughter of Meresankh II and Prince Horbaef. She was married to an official named Iynefer. |
Nefertnesu | Princess | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | She was a daughter of pharaoh Sneferu and she was a half-sister to pharaoh Khufu. |
Neferu III | Queen | 12th dynasty | fl. c. mid-20th century BC | She was a daughter of Amenemhat I, wife of her brother, Senusret I, and the mother of Amenemhat II. |
Neferuptah | Princess | 12th dynasty | fl. c. late-19th century BC | Also known as Ptahneferu, a daughter of the Egyptian king Amenemhat III of the 12th dynasty. Her sister was the Pharaoh Sobekneferu. |
Neferure | Princess | 18th dynasty | fl. c. early-15th century BC | The daughter of two pharaohs, Hatshepsut and Thutmose II. She served in high offices in the Egyptian government and the religious administration. |
Nefrubity | Princess | 18th dynasty | fl. c. early-15th century BC | She is sometimes called Akhbetneferu. She was the daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose I and Ahmose, the sister of Hatshepsut and the half-sister of Thutmose II. |
Nehesy | Pharaoh | 14th dynasty | fl. c. late-18th century BC | A ruler during the 14th dynasty of Egypt of the Second Intermediate Period. |
Nehi | Viceroy of Kush | 18th dynasty | Nehy was in office under Thutmose III. | |
Neith | Queen | 6th dynasty | fl. c. 23rd century BC | One of the queens of the 6th dynasty pharaoh Pepi II. Neith was probably a daughter of the pharaoh Pepi I and queen Ankhesenpepi I, making her half-sister to pharaoh Pepi II. Neith may be the mother of pharaoh Nemtyemsaf II. |
Neithhotep | Queen | 1st dynasty | fl. c. 31st century BC | Queen of Egypt, and likely wife of Narmer. |
Neitiqerty Siptah | Pharaoh | 6th dynasty | fl. c. 22nd century BC | He reigned c. 2183 BC – c. 2181 BC, and was an obscure successor to Merenre Nemtyemsaf II towards the end of the 6th dynasty of Egypt. |
Nekauba | Pharaoh | 26th dynasty | fl. c. mid-7th century BC | He reigned c. 678 BC – c. 672 BC during the 26th Saite dynasty of Egypt. |
Nemtyemsaf I | Pharaoh | 6th dynasty | see Merenre Nemtyemsaf I | |
Nemtyemsaf II | Pharaoh | 6th dynasty | see Merenre Nemtyemsaf II | |
Nepherites I | Pharaoh | 29th dynasty | reigned 399 BC – 393 BC | Also known as Nefaarud I. He founded the 29th dynasty of Egypt by defeating and then executing Amyrtaeus. Nepherites was a native of Mendes, which he made his capital. He supported Sparta in its war against the Persians by supplying them with grain and ship building material. |
Nepherites II | Pharaoh | 29th dynasty | reigned 380 BC | Also known as Nefaarud II, a pharaoh of Egypt. Following the death of his father Hakor, he was the last pharaoh of the 29th dynasty. He was deposed and killed by Nectanebo I after ruling Egypt for only 4 months. |
Neserkauhor | Prince | 5th dynasty | fl. c. 24th century BC | He was a son of Djedkare Isesi. |
Nesitanebetashru | Noble Woman | 21st dynasty | fl. c. early-10th century BC | A daughter of the Egyptian nobleman and High Priest of Amun, Pinedjem II, and his wife Neskhons. |
Nesitanebetashru | Queen | 22nd dynasty | fl. c. mid-9th century BC | The wife of Sheshonk II and the mother of Pharaoh Harsiese. She was also a Chantress of Amun. |
Nesitaudjatakhet | Queen | 22nd dynasty | fl. c. 9th century BC | Nesitaudjatakhet was a wife of Pharaoh Sheshonk II and the mother of Prince Osorkon D. |
Neskhons | Princess | 21st dynasty | fl. c. late-11th century BC | She was the daughter of Smendes II and Takhentdjehuti, and wed her paternal uncle, High Priest Pinedjem II. |
Neterkheperre Meryptah called Pipi II | High Priest of Ptah | 21st dynasty | fl. c. early-10th century BC | He was High Priest of Ptah during the reigns of the pharaohs Psusennes I, Amenemope, Osochor and Siamun. |
Netjeraperef | Prince | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | A son of the Egyptian pharaoh Sneferu. He was a half-brother of Khufu and nephew to Hetepheres I. |
Netjerkare | Pharaoh | 7th dynasty | fl. c. 22nd century BC | May have been a 7th dynasty king of Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. |
Nikare | Pharaoh | 7th dynasty | fl. c. 22nd century BC | May have been a 7th dynasty king of Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. |
Nikaure | Vizier | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | A prince, chief justice and vizier during the 4th dynasty. Nikaure was a son of Pharaoh Khafre and Queen Persenet. His wife was Nikanebti. |
Nimaethap | Queen | 2nd dynasty | fl. c. 27th century BC | A queen of Egypt at the end of the 2nd dynasty. Wife of Pharaoh Khasekhemwy. |
Nimlot | High Priest of Amun | 22nd dynasty | fl. c. mid-9th century BC | A High Priest of Amun at Thebes during the latter part of the reign of his father, pharaoh Osorkon II. |
Nitocris | Pharaoh / Queen | 6th dynasty | fl. c. 22nd century BC | May have been the last pharaoh of the Egyptian 6th Dynasty. However, her historicity has been questioned. |
Nitocris I | God's Wife of Amun | 26th dynasty | fl. c. mid-7th to early-6th century BC | Also known as Nitiqret, she was the Divine Adoratrice of Amun or God's Wife of Amun for over 70 years. She was the daughter of the Saite pharaoh Psamtik I. |
Nofret | Princess | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | A noblewoman and princess who lived during the 4th dynasty of Egypt. Nofret married Prince Rahotep, who was a son of Pharaoh Sneferu. |
Nofret II | Queen | 12th dynasty | fl. c. early-19th century BC | She was a daughter of Amenemhat II and wife of Senusret II. |
Nubhetepti-khered | Princess | 13th dynasty | fl. c. mid-18th century BC | An Egyptian king's daughter during the 13th dynasty. Probably a daughter of King Hor. |
Nubkhaes | Queen | 13th dynasty | fl. c. mid-17th century BC | A 13th dynasty Egyptian queen whose husband is assumed to be one of the successors of pharaoh Sobekhotep IV. |
Nubkhesbed | Queen | 20th dynasty | fl. c. mid-12th century BC | She was the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses VI and mother of Pharaoh Ramesses VII. |
Nubwenet | Queen | 6th dynasty | fl. c. 24th century BC | Also known as Nebuunet, an Egyptian queen consort and a wife of the 6th dynasty pharaoh Pepi I. |
Nykara | Granary Official | 5th dynasty | fl. c. 25th century BC | Known from a granite statue of Nykara and his family, now at the Brooklyn Museum. |
Nynetjer | Pharaoh | 2nd dynasty | fl. c. 28th century BC | A king during the 2nd dynasty of Egypt. It is possible that he was a son of Raneb. |
Nyuserre Ini | Pharaoh | 5th dynasty | fl. c. 25th century BC | Also known as Neuserre Izi, Niuserre Isi, Nyuserra, and Rathoris. A 5th dynasty pharaoh of Egypt (reigned c. 2453 BC – c. 2422 BC). |
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