hyksos definition
The Hyksos or Hycsos (/ËhÉªksÉs/ or /ËhÉªksoÊz/; Egyptian heqa khaseshet, ruler(s) of the foreign countries; Greek á½ÎºÏÏÏ, á½Î¾ÏÏ) were an Asiatic people from West Asia who took over the eastern Nile Delta, ending the Thirteenth dynasty of Egypt and initiating the Second Intermediate Period.