Khayu

Khayu
Khayu
	Khayu's name on the Palermo Stone
Pharaoh
Reign	4th millennium BC
Predecessor	Hsekiu
Successor	Tiu
Horus name
Horus name
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Dynasty	Predynastic Period

Khayu, or Khaiu, was a predynastic pharaoh of Lower Egypt who is mentioned as the fourth ruler on the Palermo Stone. As there is no other evidence of such a ruler, he may be a mythical king preserved through oral tradition, or may even be completely fictitious.

References

↑ Lundström, Peter. "Khayu in hieroglyphs". Pharaoh.se. Retrieved 2025-11-13.
↑ From: Palermo Stone
↑ Lundström, Peter. "Khayu in hieroglyphs". Pharaoh.se. Retrieved 2025-11-13.
↑ gamelyankhaled. Royal Annals Of Ancient Egypt Routledge Toby A. H. Wilkinson ( 2000).
↑ Helck, Untersuchungen zu Manetho und den ägyptischen Königslisten 1956, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Altertumskunde Ägyptens 18
↑ O'Mara, Was there an Old Kingdom historiography? Is it datable? 1996, Orientalia 65: 197-208
↑ Wilkinson, Toby A. H. (2000). Royal Annals of Ancient Egypt. p.85 New York: Columbia University Press). ISBN 0-7103-0667-9.

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[1] Lundström, Peter. "Khayu in hieroglyphs". Pharaoh.se. Retrieved 2025-11-13.

[2] From: Palermo Stone

[3] Lundström, Peter. "Khayu in hieroglyphs". Pharaoh.se. Retrieved 2025-11-13.

[4] yankhaled. Royal Annals Of Ancient Egypt Routledge Toby A. H. Wilkinson ( 2000).

[5] Helck, Untersuchungen zu Manetho und den ägyptischen Königslisten 1956, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Altertumskunde Ägyptens 18

[6] O'Mara, Was there an Old Kingdom historiography? Is it datable? 1996, Orientalia 65: 197-208

[7] Wilkinson, Toby A. H. (2000). Royal Annals of Ancient Egypt. p.85 New York: Columbia University Press). ISBN 0-7103-0667-9.