King Nub-Kheper Re, Intef V and his monuments at Qift

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This paper discus the history of the King Nub-Kheper-Re, Intef V and his monuments at Qift. He was the first king of the seventeenth Dynasty. Winlock suggests that he may have married an heiress of one of the many lines into which the Thirteenth Dynasty was spilt or he may actually have belonged to one of the royal families by blood relationship. On the other hand, Hayes placed this king on top of the second group of this dynasty which involves Tao I, Tao II and Kamose.
Qift is located about 25 km southeast of Dendera. It was the main center for the worship of the God Min, god of fertility in ancient Egypt, Qift was of great importance to the extension of Egyptian history because of its location on the road to Wadi Hammamat, where quarries and gold mines are found as well as its closeness to the Red Sea. King Nub-Kheper-Re Intef V had erected an important monuments in Qift

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