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Smenkhkare (alternatively romanized Smenkhare, Smenkare, or Smenkhkara; meaning "Vigorous is the soul of Re") was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of unknown background who lived and ruled during the Amarna Period of the 18th Dynasty.
Smenkhkare was a king of the 18th dynasty of ancient Egypt. Some have suggested that Smankhkare was the regnal name of Akhenaten’s wife Nefertiti, while others suggest he was a male relative of the previous pharaoh.
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Smenkhare was a short-lived pharaoh of the late Eighteenth Dynasty who ruled after Akhenaten and before Tutankhamun. His identity, family, and reign are still debated by Egyptologists based on various sources and theories.
Learn about the life and death of Smenkhkare, Akhenaten's co-king and possible brother. Explore the evidence and theories about his reign, his wife Meritaten, and his mysterious disappearance.
Learn about the mysterious ruler who may have been a brother, son, or husband of Akhenaten, and who may have reigned for a few years in the Amarna Period. Discover the theories and evidence about his origins, reign, death, and relationship with Neferneferuaten.
Semenkhkare (about 1337-1334 BC) King of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Some scholars identify this ruler as Nefertiti, wife of Akhenaten, because the throne-name Ankhkheperure occurs first with a nomen Neferneferuaten, and that had regularly been part of the name of Nefertiti; other scholars consider Semenkhkare to be a younger brother of Tutankhamun
The twelfth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, a.k.a. Smenkhare, Smenkare. Very little is known of Smenkhkara because from the reign of Horemhab and on the pharaohs sought to erase the entire Amarna Period from history.
