Khayu

Khayu
Khayu
	Khayu as he is depicted on the Palermo Stone
Pharaoh
Reign	Unknown
Predecessor	Hsekiu
Successor	Tiu
Horus name
Horus name
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Dynasty	Predynastic Period

Khayu was a predynastic pharaoh of Lower Egypt who is mentioned as the fourth ruler on the Palermo Stone. 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: [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/hesyra/PPalermo.html 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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[1] From: [http://xoomer.virgilio.it/francescoraf/hesyra/PPalermo.html Palermo Stone

[2] Helck, Untersuchungen zu Manetho und den ägyptischen Königslisten 1956, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Altertumskunde Ägyptens 18

[3] O'Mara, Was there an Old Kingdom historiography? Is it datable? 1996, Orientalia 65: 197-208

[4] 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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