The characteristic pottery style of these people is marked by Yahudiya-style jugs, and one vase traced to them bears the name of a princess Herit. One source says that their leader once sent a messenger to say that their citizens could not sleep in the day or the night becau
The characteristic pottery style of these people is marked by Yahudiya-style jugs, and one vase traced to them bears the name of a princess Herit. One source says that their leader once sent a messenger to say that their citizens could not sleep in the day or the night because of noise at the eastern canal. They often patronized the temple at their site of Gebelein in the south, under their second ruler Yaqub-Har. He succeeded their first king Salitis, or Sheshi, whose seals indicate that they were allied with the kingdom of Kerma. Their longest-reigning king, known as the "Prince of Retenu," ruled from their capital at Avaris. That ruler went by the name Apepi and had his defeat recorded in stelae erected by Khamose. FTP, name this powerful group of the Second Intermediate Period whose name translates as "kings of foreign lands," and who dominated the Nile delta.
The characteristic pottery style of these people is marked by Yahudiya-style jugs, and one vase traced to them bears the name of a princess Herit.
{Hyksos} [or {Hekaw-Khasut}]