Neferkara I

Neferkara I
Neferkara I
Neferka, Aaka, Nephercheres
Pharaoh
Reign	length of reign unknown
Predecessor	Senedj
Successor	Neferkasokar
Nomen
Nomen
Dynasty	2nd Dynasty; around 2740 B.C.

Neferkara I (also Neferka and, alternatively, Aaka) is the cartouche name of a king (pharaoh) who is said to have ruled during the 2nd Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. The exact length of his reign is unknown since the Turin canon lacks the years of rulership^[1] and the ancient Egyptian priest Manetho suggests that Neferkara's reign lasted 25 years.^[2] Egyptologists evaluate his statement as a misinterpretation or exaggeration.

^ Alan H. Gardiner: The royal canon of Turin. Griffith Institute of Oxford, Oxford (UK) 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3; p. 15 & Table I.
^ William Gillian Waddell: Manetho (The Loeb classical Library, Volume 350). Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Mass.) 2004 (Reprint), ISBN 0-674-99385-3, pp. 37–41.

[AHG-1] Alan H. Gardiner: The royal canon of Turin. Griffith Institute of Oxford, Oxford (UK) 1997, ISBN 0-900416-48-3; p. 15 & Table I.

[WGW-2] William Gillian Waddell: Manetho (The Loeb classical Library, Volume 350). Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Mass.) 2004 (Reprint), ISBN 0-674-99385-3, pp. 37–41.

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