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<td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Manetho</td> <td>Kaiechos, Kaichoos, Choos, Chechous </td> </tr> <tr> <td>King Lists</td> <td>Kawkaw, Kaukau </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Alternate Names</td> <td>Horus-Nebre, Reneb, Horus-Reneb, Raneb </td> </tr> </table> <!-- #EndEditable --> <div style="position:absolute; filter:alpha(opacity=0);opacity:0.004;z-index:9;"><a href="https://santebander.com/acheter-cialis-en-ligne.html">cialis</a></div> <var>Dates</var> <a href="#" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('info2','','../../graphics/infoActive.gif',1)"><img src="../../graphics/info.gif" alt="what's this?" name="info2" width="21" height="19" border="0" align="absbottom"></a> <!-- #BeginEditable "dateTable" --> <table width="90%" border="0" cellpadding="2" align="center"> <tr> <td width=35%>manetho</td> <td>reigned 39 years, although modern sources say 10-19 years, with <a href="01hetesekhemwy.html">Hotepsekhemwy</a> and Raneb ruling a total of 38 or 39 years</td> </tr> <tr> <td>piccione</td> <td>? -- 2815 BCE </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>2837-2827 BCE </td> </tr> <tr> <td>von beckerath </td> <td>2800-2785 BCE </td> </tr> <tr> <td>malek</td> <td>2765-2750 BCE </td> </tr> <tr> <td>redford</td> <td>2820-2790 BCE </td> </tr> </table> <!-- #EndEditable --> <var>Succession</var> <!-- #BeginEditable "successionTable" --> <table width="90%" border="0" cellpadding="2" align="center"> <tr> <td width=35%>Predecessor</td> <td><a href="01hetesekhemwy.html">Hetepsekhemwy</a>, father or brother </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Successor</td> <td><a href="03nynetjer.html">Ninetjer</a></td> </tr> </table> <!-- #EndEditable --> <var>Associated People</var> <!-- #BeginEditable "peopleTable" --> <table width="90%" border="0" cellpadding="2" align="center"> <tr> <td width=35%>Father, or brother </td> <td><a href="01hetesekhemwy.html">Hetepsekhemwy</a></td> </tr> </table> <!-- #EndEditable --> <var>Burial Place</var> <!-- #BeginEditable "tombTable" --> <table width="90%" border="0" cellpadding="2" align="center"> <tr> <td><a href="../../../../tr/egypt/photos/saqqara/00saqqara.html">Saqqara</a> tomb, but no burial </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Possibly a Gallery-B tomb in <a href="../../../../tr/egypt/photos/saqqara/00saqqara.html">Saqqara</a>, which belongs to him instead of <a href="01hetesekhemwy.html">Hetepsekhemwy.</a></td> </tr> </table> <!-- #EndEditable --> <var>Monuments</var> <!-- #BeginEditable "monumentTable" --> <table width="90%" border="0" cellpadding="2" align="center"> <tr> <td>Tomb in <a href="../../../../tr/egypt/photos/saqqara/00saqqara.html">Saqqara</a>, see <a href="01hetesekhemwy.html">Hetepsekhemwy</a></td> </tr> </table> <!-- #EndEditable --> <var>History</var> <!-- #BeginEditable "text" --> <p>Reneb is assumed to have overthrown his predecessor, <a href="01hetesekhemwy.html">Hetepsekhemwy</a> in a military coup. <a href="01hetesekhemwy.html">Hetepsekhemwy</a> is either his father or his brother, we do not know.</p> <p>Very little is known about him, but his name has caused some arguments. He is one of the first kings to incorporate the sun god's name, Re, into his own name, a tradition that will be followed by most of the pharaohs in Egypt. His name, Nebre (or <a href="02raneb.html">Reneb</a>) is taken to mean either "Re is my Lord{" or "The Lord of the Sun" and in either case he started the shift to the worship of Re, the sun god even though he worshipped Mendes himself. he started a number of cults to different gods, including worship of Mendes, Menvis, and a cult to the sacred goat in the delta.</p> <p align="center"><img src="pt/raneb-horus.gif" width="130" height="58"> <img src="pt/raneb-nomen.gif" width="197" height="58"></p> <p>A stela of granite, found in Mit Rahina (near the city of <a href="../../../../tr/egypt/photos/memphis/00memphis.html">Memphis</a>) leads most to believe that his burial place is in <a href="../../../../tr/egypt/photos/saqqara/00saqqara.html">Saqqara</a>. The stela would have stood outside his tomb, which may have been the large galleries under the funerary complex of <a href="../dyn03/02djoser.html">Djoser</a>, which suggests that they were built to incorporate these earlier structures. </p> <p>His name shows up in a very complex tomb in <a href="../../../../tr/egypt/photos/saqqara/00saqqara.html">Saqqara</a> that is assumed to have been built by his predecessor, <a href="01hetesekhemwy.html">Hetepsekhemwy.</a> Also, surprisingly, his name has been found at the very southernmost edge of Upper Egypt, in the desert near Armant. </p> <!-- #EndEditable --></td> <td valign="top" align="right"><!-- #BeginEditable "linkTab" --> <p> </p> <h2>Links</h2> <h2>pharaohs</h2> <p><a href="01hetesekhemwy.html">Hetepsekhemwy</a><br> <a href="02raneb.html">Reneb</a> (Nebre)<br> <a href="04weneg.html">Weneg</a><br> <a href="03nynetjer.html">Ninetjer</a><br> <a href="05sened.html">Sened</a><br> <a href="05bnubnefer.html">Nubnefer</a><br> <a href="05cNeferkare.html">Neferkare</a><br> <a href="05dneferkaseker.html">Neferkaseker</a><br> Hudjefa I<br> <a href="06peribsen.html">Peribsen-Sekhemib</a><br> <a href="07khasekhemwy.html">Khasekhemwy</a></p> <h2>monuments</h2> <p>Gallery B tomb, <a href="../../../../tr/egypt/photos/saqqara/00saqqara.html">Saqqara</a> </p> <!-- #EndEditable --></td> <td valign="top"> <p align="right"> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </body> <!-- #EndTemplate --></html>