Bikheris

Bikheris
Baka and Bakare
Inscribed limestone fragment possibly showing Bikheris' name
Inscribed limestone fragment possibly showing Bikheris' name
Pharaoh
Reignc. 2570 BC
PredecessorKhafre (?)
SuccessorMenkaure (?)
Royal titulary
Probably the same person as Biuris.
Nomen
Baka
b3-k3
Ba and Ka
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Bakarê
b3-k3-rˁ
His soul is the Ka of Rê
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FatherDjedefre ?
Dynasty4th Dynasty

Bikheris (fl. c. 2570 BC) is the Hellenized name of an ancient Egyptian king, who may have ruled during the 4th Dynasty (Old Kingdom period). Next to nothing is known about this ruler and some Egyptologists even believe him to be fictitious.[1]

  1. ^ Jürgen von Beckerath: Chronologie des pharaonischen Ägypten. Die Zeitbestimmung der ägyptischen Geschichte von der Vorzeit bis 332 v. Chr. (= Münchner ägyptologische Studien, vol. 46). von Zabern, Mainz 1997, ISBN 3-8053-2310-7, p. 158.