| Khayu | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Closeup of the Palermo Stone. Khayu is the no. 3 | |||||||||
| Pharaoh | |||||||||
| Reign | Unknown | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Hsekiu? | ||||||||
| Successor | Tiu? | ||||||||
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| Dynasty | Predynastic Period | ||||||||
Khayu is mentioned in the Palermo Stone as a Predynastic Egyptian king who ruled in Lower Egypt. As there is no other evidence of such a ruler, he may be a mythical king preserved through oral tradition,[2] or may even be completely fictitious.[3][4]
References
- ↑ From: Palermo Stone
- ↑ Helck, Untersuchungen zu Manetho und den ägyptischen Königslisten 1956, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Altertumskunde Ägyptens 18
- ↑ O'Mara, Was there an Old Kingdom historiography? Is it datable? 1996, Orientalia 65: 197-208
- ↑ Wilkinson, Toby A. H. (2000). Royal Annals of Ancient Egypt. p.85 New York: Columbia University Press). ISBN 0-7103-0667-9.
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