| Sanakht | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nebka ? Horus Sa ? | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Relief fragment of Sanakht in the pose of smiting an enemy. Originally from the Sinai, now EA 691 on display at the British Museum. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | 18 years according to the Turin Canon, most likely less, starting ca. 2650 BC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | uncertain, Sekhemkhet (most likely) or Khaba, Djoser, Khasekhemwy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | uncertain, Khaba (most likely) or Sekhemkhet, Huni, Qahedjet, Djoser | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Father | Khasekhemwy ? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Nimaathap ? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial | mastaba K2 at Beit Khallaf? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | 3rd Dynasty | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sanakht (also read as Hor-Sanakht) is the Horus name of an ancient Egyptian king (pharaoh) of the Third Dynasty during the Old Kingdom. His chronological position is highly uncertain (though he is more likely to have reigned towards the end of the dynasty), and it is also unclear under which Hellenized name the ancient historian Manetho could have listed him. Many Egyptologists connect Sanakht with the Ramesside cartouche name Nebka. However, this remains disputed because no further royal title of that king has ever been found; either in contemporary source or later ones. There are two relief fragments depicting Sanakht originally from the Wadi Maghareh on the Sinai Peninsula.