POLITICIAN

Sekhemkhet

2800 BC - 2700 BC

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Sekhemkhet (also read as Sechemchet) was an ancient Egyptian king (pharaoh) of the 3rd Dynasty during the Old Kingdom. His reign is thought to have been from about 2648 BC until 2640 BC. He is also known under his later traditioned birth name Djoser-teti and under his Hellenized name Tyreis (by Manetho; derived from Teti in the Abydos King List). Sekhemkhet was probably the brother or eldest son of king Djoser. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sekhemkhet has received more than 275,802 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Sekhemkhet is the 1,841st most popular politician (up from 1,995th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 113th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Egyptian Politician.

Sekhemkhet is most famous for his pyramid, which is the smallest of the three pyramids at Dahshur.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sekhemkhet ranks 1,841 out of 19,576Before him are Yuri Dolgorukiy, Kamala Harris, Johan de Witt, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Louis the Younger, and Marie François Sadi Carnot. After him are Hongzhi Emperor, Svatopluk I of Moravia, Isetnofret, Felix Yusupov, Yun Posun, and Palmiro Togliatti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2800 BC, Sekhemkhet ranks 4Before him are Imhotep, Djoser, and Khasekhemwy. After him are Senedj, Sekhemib-Perenmaat, Neferkasokar, Sneferka, Hudjefa I, and Nimaathap. Among people deceased in 2700 BC, Sekhemkhet ranks 3Before him are Imhotep, and Djoser. After him are Khaba, Seth-Peribsen, Hetepheres I, Prince Rahotep, Meresankh I, Horus Sa, and Hetephernebti.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Sekhemkhet ranks 114 out of 642Before him are Seti II (-1300), Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator (-152), Dorothy Hodgkin (1910), Amasis II (-700), Al-Suyuti (1445), and Ka (-3200). After him are Isetnofret (-1250), Seqenenre Tao (-1600), Ptolemy XI Alexander II (-100), Macarius of Egypt (300), Cleopatra V of Egypt (-100), and Ammonius Saccas (175).

Among POLITICIANS In Egypt

Among politicians born in Egypt, Sekhemkhet ranks 46Before him are Kamose (-1600), Shepseskaf (-2600), Seti II (-1300), Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator (-152), Amasis II (-700), and Ka (-3200). After him are Isetnofret (-1250), Seqenenre Tao (-1600), Ptolemy XI Alexander II (-100), Cleopatra V of Egypt (-100), Alexander Helios (-40), and Al-Aziz Uthman (1171).