
2458-2446
B.C.
5th Dynasty
The second king of the 5th Dynasty
established the Egyptian navy and sent a fleet to Punt
and traded with Palestine. His pyramid has colonnaded
courts and reliefs of his naval fleet, but his military
career consisted mostly of campaigns against the Libyans
in the western desert. He began the cemetery
complex at Saqqara and he also had a diorite quarry
just west of Abu Simbel.
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