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    The Autobiography of Harkhuf is a private tomb inscription from ancient Egypt. It is significant in Egyptology as one of the two most important, and the...
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    pharaoh while he was still a child can be found in a letter he wrote to Harkhuf, a governor of Aswan and the head of one of the expeditions he sent into...
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    Dynasty, Ishemai (QH 98 - dated to 6th dynasty pharaoh Pepi II), Heqaib, and Harkhuf. One tomb, QH 33, was found to be oriented to the winter solstice. Among...
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    tradition of writing had evolved into the tomb autobiography, such as those of Harkhuf and Weni. The genre known as Sebayt ("instructions") was developed to communicate...
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  • who lived in Ptolemaic Egypt during the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty. Harkhuf Governor 6th dynasty fl. c. 23rd century BC Governor of Upper Egypt and...
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    1700 BC and Upper Nubia dominated Lower Nubia.: 25  An Egyptian official, Harkhuf, mentions that Irtjet, Setjet, and Wawat all combined under a single ruler...
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    further threatened to interfere with Harkhuf's return to Egypt but changed stance, offering cattle and goats to Harkhuf. This was possibly after he had received...
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    preserved at the British Museum, the young king gives instructions by letter, "Harkhuf! The men in your service [escorts; soldiers; sailors; guards, etc.] ought...
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    Sumerian stories in the Epic of Gilgamesh 2200 BC: Egyptian Autobiography of Harkhuf 2125 BC: Sumerian Building of Ningirsu's Temple 2100 BC: Sumerian Curse...
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    linked, as well as with Nubia, northwest of Punt. The autobiography of Harkhuf, an official in the Sixth Dynasty (c. 2345–2181 BC), describes his expedition...
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  • prince Harkhuf who was sent to Elephantine in order to ask about the condition and whereabouts of a "dancing dwarf" (Egyptian Daneg ibaw). Harkhuf was ordered...
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    Giza, Hermopolis, Assiut, Qaw el-Kebir, Gebelein and Aswan (the tomb of Harkhuf). In 1902 permission to excavate the Western cemetery in Giza was granted...
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    provide supplies for some specific purposes. A trading expedition led by Harkhuf in the Sixth Dynasty (c. 2255–2246 BC) was allowed to procure supplies...
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    overseer of the foreign lands and many others. Like his distant predecessors Harkhuf and Heqaib, he also was the king's personal trading agent for the goods...
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    graphics). The final two topics, Lessons 45, 46 are The Autobiography of Harkhuf in three parts, and a section of the famous Battle of Kadesh. The book...
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    Early Khartoum culture has been found at Selima. The Egyptian official Harkhuf almost certainly used it on his trading missions to Kerma. Traveller's...
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  • Avilius Flaccus Autobiography of Ahmose Pen-Nekhebet Autobiography of Harkhuf Autobiography of Weni Autophradates Avaris Avenue of Sphinxes Ay (pharaoh)...
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    details the biography of Ptahshepses, similar to Weni the Elder's and Harkhuf's; however, the upper portions of the biography are missing so the beginning...
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