11 Facts About Sekhemkhet

Sekhemkhet was an ancient Egyptian king of the 3rd Dynasty during the Old Kingdom.

Sekhemkhet's reign is thought to have been from about 2648 BC until 2640 BC.

Sekhemkhet is known under his later traditioned birth name Djoser-tety and under his Hellenized name Tyreis.

Sekhemkhet was probably the brother or eldest son of king Djoser.

The only preserved documents showing Sekhemkhet are two rock inscriptions at Wadi Maghareh in the Sinai peninsula.

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The second inscription depicts a scene known as "smiting the enemy": Sekhemkhet has grabbed a foe by its hair and raises his arm in an attempt to club the enemy to death with a ceremonial sceptre.

Sekhemkhet surely had sons and daughters, but up to this date no personal name was found.

Some consider Sekhemkhet to be the brother of Djoser, making him another son of Khasekhemwy, who was the final king of the Second Dynasty.

Sekhemkhet's pyramid is sometimes referred to as the "Buried Pyramid" and was first excavated in 1952 by Egyptian archaeologist Zakaria Goneim.

Sekhemkhet's pyramid was planned as a step pyramid from the first.

Necropolis of Sekhemkhet was never finished, it is hard to say which planned cultic building had already existed.