Ka (pharaoh)

Ka, also Sekhem Ka,Michael Rice, Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge 1999, p.86 was a predynastic pharaoh of Upper Egypt.  He ruled over Abydos in the late 32nd or early 31st century BC and was buried at Umm el-Qa'ab. He most likely was the immediate successor to Iry-Hor and was succeeded by Narmer.Ian 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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Category:Predynastic Pharaohs