Ka (pharaoh)

Ka, also Sekhem KaMichael Rice, Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge 1999, p.86 or Ka-SekhenHallo, William W. and William Kelly Simpson, The Ancient Near East: A History, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., New York, 1971, p. 299, was a Predynastic pharaoh of Upper Egypt.
== Etymology ==
Ka means "soul". This is a name for a part of a soul in Egyptian religion.
== Biography ==
Ka ruled over Abydos in the late 32nd or early 31st century BCE, and was buried at Umm el-Qa'ab. He most likely was the immediate successor to Iry-Hor, and was succeeded by NarmerIan Shaw, The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, p.71. He is the earliest known Egyptian king with a serekh, inscribed on a number of artefacts Toby A. H. Wilkinson, Early Dynastic Egypt, Routledge 1999, pp.57f..
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