Hotepsekhemwy

Hotepsekhemwy
Hotepsekhemwy
Bedjatau, Bedjau, Boethos, Bochus
	Stone vase bearing Hotepsekhemwy's serekh, National Archaeological Museum (France)
Pharaoh
Reign	25–29, 38 years; c. 29th century BC
Predecessor	uncertain; Qa'a or Sneferka or Horus Bird
Successor	Raneb
Horus name
Horus name
	Hor-Hotepsekhemwy; Hr.-htp-sxm.wj; Horus, reconciliation of the two powers
Nebty name
Praenomen
Children	Perneb and Raneb ?
Burial	Gallery Tomb A, Saqqara (?)
Dynasty	2nd Dynasty; starting c. 2890 BC

Hotepsekhemwy is the Horus name of an early Egyptian king who was the founder of the Second Dynasty of Egypt. The exact length of his reign is not known; the Turin canon suggests an improbable 95 years while the ancient Egyptian historian Manetho reports that the reign of "Boëthôs" lasted for 38 years. Egyptologists consider both statements to be misinterpretations or exaggerations. They credit Hotepsekhemwy with either a 25- or a 29-year rule.