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2 unusual facts about Second Dynasty of Egypt


Second Dynasty of Egypt

Save for the time of its last ruler Khasekhemwy, it marks one of the most obscure periods in ancient Egyptian history.

One important event possibly happened during the reign of Khasekhemwy: many Egyptologists read his name ("the Two Powers arise"), commemorating the union of the Upper and Lower Egypts.


Nile Level Texts

This cult terrace itself was constructed during the time of Ramesses II, but the kings of the 22nd to the 26th Dynasties recorded the height of the Nile on its western side.

Pharaonism

The Egyptians came subsequently under the influence of brief successions of foreign rulers including Berbers, Nubians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Turks, French and British.


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