Thursday, April 11, 2013

Most famous kings of the Old Kingdom


                                                      KING MINA                                                                          


King Mina united the two countries Pharaoh of the First Dynasty in Thebes (Luxor), was able to unite the two countries (the two kingdoms north and south) in about 3200 BC, and the title of this great bounty several titles (such as King of the Two Lands, the Thrones, South Eagle, Snake north). King Mina is the first founder of the family era.
the King, "Mina," Realized the need to build the city of medium site, can including overseeing the Upper and Lower Egypt, so he founded a new city on the western shore of the Nile where the village of "meet rhina" the current in Giza Governorate, was the first castle of war surrounded by white a fence, wanted the owner that fortifies and protects the kingdom from the raids of the owners of the North, was "Mina" has called it "napher", and later named "Memphis" time of Greece, and then he called the Arabs, "Manph", became the city of "Manph," the capital of all of Egypt in under the old state until the end of the Sixth Dynasty



                                                   KING DJOSER                                                               

Pharaoh Djoser of the most famous kings of the Third Dynasty pharaoh, a second in a series of the third dynasty pharaoh who ruled Egypt in the Old Kingdom, and his fame is due to the renaissance that also included the country in his reign. King began djoser
his life like any other of the earlier kings ordered the construction of the cemetery is in the form of a terrace large mud-brick, but not built by at Abydos, but built in the area now known as bit khlaf  southern Qena, was found in many of the pots and the seals inscribed with the name of the king also holds the names of some of its staff and various departments, which had been handling its affairs. some historians believe that this tomb probably built in the early reign close to the the his habitation or that he buried his wife or another family, not only its at Saqqara, but also built other temples discovered the remains of one of them close to Hrbit in the Eastern province.


The most important achievements of King Djoser
 
Pyramid of Saqqara has Djoser is building on a mile of cliff Saqqara to distance himself from the rest of the graves, and oversaw the construction and Minister Amahotb, the pyramid consists of six terraces uneven and at altitudes of 60 meters, consisting of the inside of a network of passages and corridors, and the burial chamber of King were built of granite and marble.


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