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Khenthap (also written Khenet-Hapi) was allegedly a queen of Ancient Egypt. She is said to have lived during the 1st Dynasty. Her historical figure is very obscure, since there are no contemporary sources for her name. She appears only once in a much later inscription .
Khenthap is only known through one source, Cairo Fragment CF1 of the Annals Stone, where she is mentioned as the mother of Horus Djer. Thusfar no contemporary sources have been found that would confirm her existence.
Khenthap, also known as Khenet-Hapi, is believed to have been a queen consort during the 1st dynasty. She is thought to have lived during the 1st Dynasty. Not much is known about her because there are no historical records of her from her time.
According to the Palermo Stone, the mother of Aha's successor, Horus Djer, was a woman named Khenthap. Thus far, no other sources naming her have been found, but if Djer was Aha's son, Khenthap may have been another wife of Aha.
Hor-Aha is the Horus-name, a royal name of the pharaoh that symbolizes the divine might and worldly power of the king of Egypt. Hor-Aha translates to “Horus the Fighter” or “Fighting Hawk”. In ancient Egyptian pantheon, Horus is the falcon-headed god of the sky.
Also according to Cairo Fragment CF1, Djer’s mother was a woman named Khenthap, who is not attested by contemporary sources. Assuming that Djer was the son of his predecessor Aha , Khenthap probably was one of Aha’s queens.
The two walls form the boundary of the pyramid town of Khentkaus' complex. [23] The pyramid town was carefully planned by architects for Khentkaus I's complex, rather than resulting from natural urban development, and was built entirely from mudbrick. [40]
