Fifteenth Egyptian Dynasty 1650 - 1550 BCE

The Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Second Intermediate Period. The Fifteenth Dynasty dates approximately from 1650 to 1550 BCE. The Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt was the first Hyksos dynasty, ruled from Avaris, without control of the entire land. The Hyksos preferred to stay in northern Egypt since they infiltrated from the north-east. The names and order of kings is uncertain. The Turin Kinglist indicates that there were six Hyksos kings, with an obscure Khamudi listed as the final king of the Fifteenth Dynasty. (line X.21 of the cited web link clearly provides this summary for the dynasty: "6 kings functioning 100+X years.") The surviving traces on the X figure appears to give the figure 8 which suggests that the summation should be read as 6 kings ruling 108 years.

The Hyksos were an Asiatic people who took over the eastern Nile Delta during the twelfth dynasty, initiating the Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt. The Hyksos first appeared in Egypt during the eleventh dynasty, began their climb to power in the thirteenth dynasty, and came out of the second intermediate period in control of Avaris and the Delta. By the fifteenth dynasty, they ruled Lower Egypt, and at the end of the seventeenth dynasty, they were expelled. <> Some scholars argue there were two Apophis kings named Apepi I and Apepi II, but this is primarily due to the fact there are two known prenomens for this king: Awoserre and Aqenenre.

However, the Danish Egyptologist Kim Ryholt maintains in his study of the Second Intermediate Period that these prenomens all refer to one man: Apepi I who ruled Egypt for 40+X years. This is also supported by the fact that this king employed a third prenomen during his reign: Nebkhepeshre. Apophis likely employed several different prenomens throughout various periods of his reign. This scenario is not unprecedented since later kings including the famous Ramesses II and Seti II are known to have used two different prenomens in their own reign.
XV Egyptian Dynasty  1650 - 1550 BCE (Hyksos Vassals)

Apepi/Apophis

Salites
Beon
Sakir-Har
Apkhnas
Khaian
Apophis
Khamudi

Salitis was the first king of the Hyksos Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt, who began to rule Egypt around 1648 BC. The precise dates of his rule are unknown. Northern Egypt was controlled by Hyksos rulers throughout the Dynasty. The Hyksos were people of Semitic origin who were thought to have invaded Egypt through the Sinai Peninsula and settled in the Delta. Other scholars regard this as propaganda and instead consider that the Hyksos were elements of the local Semitic population of Lower Egypt who assumed control of lower Egypt when the 13th dynasty of Egypt collapsed.

The Hyksos controlled all the Nile Delta and Northern Egypt. Some scholars mention Salitis' name as "Sultan". This is an Arabic translation of the phrase 'powerful king' because the king was considered to be the founder of the first Hyksos dynasty. Salitis captured Memphis and placed himself in higher rank than any of the royal families in the city.

The obscure Hyksos king, Sakir-Har, was discovered in a recently excavated door jamb from Tell el-Dab'a of Ancient Egypt by Manfred Bietak. His titulary (Nebti and Golden Falcon names, as well as his nomen) appear on door jamb, Cairo TD-8316. A door jamb confirms the identity of Sakir-Har as one of the first three kings of the Hyksos Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt. His immediate successor would have been the powerful Hyksos ruler, Khyan, if he was the third Hyksos king of this dynasty, but Sakir-Har's precise position within this dynasty has not yet been established. The name Sakir-Har translates as 'Reward of Har.'

Apepi or Apophis was a ruler of Lower Egypt during the fifteenth dynasty and the end of the Second Intermediate Period that was dominated by this foreign dynasty of rulers called the Hyksos. According to the Turin King List, he ruled over the northern portion of Egypt for forty years, and would have ruled during the early half of the 16th century (BCE) if he outlived his southern rival, Kamose, but not Ahmose I. Although his reign only entailed northern Egypt, Apepi was dominant over most of Egypt during the early portion of his reign, and traded peacefully with the native, Theban Seventeenth dynasty to the south. While he may have exerted suzerainty over Upper Egypt during the beginning of his reign, the seventeenth dynasty eventually assumed control over this region, and the Hyksos were driven out of Egypt no more than fifteen years after his death.

Neb-Khepesh-Re, A-Qenen-Re, and A-User-Re are three praenomina or throne names used by this same ruler during various parts of his reign.While some Egyptologists once believed that there were two separate kings who bore the name Apepi, namely Auserre Apepi and Aqenenre Apepi, it is now recognized that Khamudi succeeded Apepi I at Avaris and that there was only one king named Apepi or Apophis. Nebkhepeshre or "Re is the Lord of Strength" was Apepi's first prenomen; towards the middle of his reign, this Hyksos ruler adopted a new prenomen, Aqenenre, which translates as "The strength of Re is great." In the final decade or so of his reign, Apepi chose Auserre as his last prenomen. While the prenomen was altered, there is no difference in the translation of both Aqenenre and Auserre.

Khamudi (also known as Khamudy) was the last pharaoh of the Hyksos fifteenth dynasty of Egypt, who came to power in the northern portion of Egypt. The Year 11 date in the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus is now believed by many Egyptologists to belong to his reign since it refers to Ahmose as "He of the South." Another date on the papyrus is explicitly dated to Year 33 of Khamudi's predecessor Apophis. It is generally believed that Ahmose defeated the Hyksos king by his 18th or 19th year. This is suggested by "a graffito in the quarry at Tura whereby 'oxen from Canaan' were used at the opening of the quarry in Ahmose's regnal year 22."

Since the cattle could only have been brought after Ahmose's 3 year long siege of the South Canaanite town of Sharuhen which followed after the fall of Avaris, this means the reign of Khamudi must have terminated by Year 18 or 19 of Ahmose's 25 year reign at the very latest. The Hyksos were a foreign line of rulers who invaded Egypt and ruled for several generations before this defeat by Ahmose a native ruler from Thebes, who drove them from Egypt at that time.

Book of Coming Forth by Day: The Spells of Coming Forth by Day

The beginning of the spells of coming forth by day of exalting and glorifying, of coming forth and going down into the underworld, and speaking spells of power in beautiful Amentet.

 To be said, on the day of the funeral, entering in, after coming forth. Words spoken by the Osiris Ani, the Osiris scribe Ani:

Homage to you, Bull of Amentet.Says Thoth, king of eternity with me,
I am the great god at the side of the boat. I have fought for you; I am one of these gods of the Council who justified Osiris against his enemies on the day of the weighing of words.

I belong to your people, Osiris; I am one of these gods born of Nut, who slays the enemies of Osiris and imprisons the demons on his behalf.
I belong to your people, Horus; I have fought for you; I have travelled for the sake of your name.
I am Thoth who justified Osiris against his enemies on the day of the weighing of words in the great House of the Prince in Heliopolis.

I am Djedi, the son of Djedi, conceived with me in Busiris; I was born in Busiris.

I am with the mourners and wailing women of Osiris in the Lands of the Sisters, justifying Osiris against his enemies.
Ra has decreed that Thoth justify Osiris against his enemies; Thoth has done what was decreed for me.
I am with Horus on the day of clothing the statue of Osiris, opening the caverns for the washing of the Still of Heart, and unbolting the opening of the Seshit shrine in Re-Staw.
I am with Horus on the day of the festival of Osiris, making offerings on the sixth day of the Quarter Moon Festival in Heliopolis.

The Ark

I am he who sees the mysteries in Re-Staw; I am the reader of the festival-book of the soul in Busiris.
I am the Sem-priest in his duties.
I am the chief priest of Ptah on the day of placing the the Boat of Seker on its sledge; I receive the plow on the day of plowing the earth. O offering-bearers of the perfected soul sin the house of Osiris, bring near the perfected soul of the Osiris Ani, the true of voice, with you to the house of Osiris,

May he hear you; may he see as you see; may he stand as you stand; may he sit as you sit.
O givers of bread and drink to the perfected souls in the house of Osiris give bread and drink at the times of morning and evening to the soul of the Osiris Ani, true of voice before all the gods of Abydos, true of voice with you.
O openers of the way, openers of the roads for the perfected souls in the house of Osiris, open then the way, open then the roads for the soul of the Osiris scribe and accountant of the offerings of all the gods, Ani, with you.

May he enter in might and come forth in peace in the house of Osiris;
May he not be driven back; may he not be turned away;
May he enter with honour; may he come forth as he desires.
May his voice be true in making his commands in the house of Osiris; may his words go with you; may he be glorious with you.
No sin is found there; the balance is empty of the case.

Imhotep, Egyptian Science & Masonified Numbers

Right: Note that the large numbers were written with the highest figure first. For example 1,321 is written, I, 000 + I00 + I0 + I0 + I.

 Although the Africans had many set symbols for certain mixed numbers, most were written with a numerator of one (I or 1) over a denominator.

Masonic Chronological Calculations of the Grand Lodge of Luxor (Thebes) Working on the formula based on Talismanic Numerology we have the following: Top left: The numerical value of Cubic Dactyles, A, of the Talismanic Number G, the Talismanic Number D, and the Square Root of the sum of the Squares of the length and the height of the Ark is equal to the mathematical calculation:

2.91547594722650235 + D. By substituting Numbers for Days we arrived at the length of One [I] Sidereal or Sothis year, which equals one third.

 In the formula on the left: following value were used, d = Days, h = Hours, ' = Minutes and " = Seconds. The Ark Mentioned in the above formula is exactly the same as the Stone Chest that is detailed in the Book of Coming Forth by Day.

The Ark of the Covenant, built and set up by Moses in the wilderness, according to the sacred volume that had never been seen or proved, is precisely similar in all measurement to the Stone Chest still to be discovered in the king's chamber of the great pyramid. Which is undoubtedly was the original, though the contents are gone. According to the rituals it should contain the Coffined One; we also know that the miniatures of it used to be carried around the Egyptian temples at Menphis on state occasions during their religious rites.

Chronological Numerology Of The All-Seeing Eye, One, and The God Ra:

 The Formula For Time-Years gives us the basic calculation for the equal length Tri-Leg of the Pole Stars or House of Fire (The Pyramid or House Of Amenta). Thus we have the Pyramid Ideogram and the Sacred Magical Number Seven (7).

We also have the Masonified Numbers, B = 24 and C = 15. Using the time-years formula we have, Time times and half = b + b² + b + b²/2 - (c + c² + c + c²)/2 = 900 - 360 = 540 Sacred Years of 360 Days/Year = 532.238 Julian Years = D. By substituting D in the formula, we have, D - 7days/365.25 = 532.238 - 531.778.

The world's first physician (doctor) known by name was the Egyptian Imhotep, who lived about 2650 B.C. The Egyptians later worshipped him as the god of healing about 2500 BCE.

Imhotep

 Egyptian physicians began to specialise. Some physicians treated only diseases of the eyes or teeth.

Others specialised in internal diseases. Egyptian surgeons produced a textbook that told how to treat dislocated or fractured bones and external abscesses, tumours, ulcers, and wounds.

Imhotep was one of the highest ranking officials in Egypt. He designed and built the first known Egyptian pyramid, for King Djoser. The pyramid stands in the village of Saqqarah, near present-day Cairo. Imhotep had a reputation for wisdom that came from a text he wrote called Instruction.

Today, the field of medicine honours him as the first physician known by name. The Egyptians made disinfectant out of plants and their oils. They used Myrrh, Natron (a natural form of salt) to kill the germs on their mummies. Medical equipment such as the forceps (an instrument used to clamp a baby's forehead during birth) was found on a temple carving showing many different medical instruments.

The "Eber Payrus" 1550 BCE the earliest known "Fertility Control Recipe"
This is one of a compendium of medical inscription left by the indigenous Africans of (Ta-Merry, Ta-Nehisi, Itopi and Meroe). It is an inscription for medicated "Tampon" designed to prevent pregnancy.

Eber Payrus

 It requires the following: A mixture of the tips of the shrub of Accacia and honey made into a tampon and inserted into the vagina as a suppository.

The chemical reaction is that Accacia fermentation breaks down into lactic acid, one of the active spermicidal agents used in the contraceptive jellies today. The Ebers Papyrus is a huge roll of more than 20 meters long and 30 cm wide. It is chiefly an internal medicine reference, as well as diseases of the eye, skin, extremities, gynaecology and some surgical diseases.  Anatomical and physiological terminology is also included. For treatment of those diseases, 877 recipes and 400 drugs were described.

The Triangle Of The Pyramid Field, Man's Earliest Numerological And Mathematical Challenge 8000 To 341 BCE. The triangular field on the left contain mathematical calculations that solved the area of the Tri-Leg or House of Amenta (Pyramid or House of Heaven).  It was developed in the pre-dynastic era and solved about 341 BCE.

 The indigenous African not only solved the problem of the Pyramid or House of Heaven, they also squared the circle.

The most famous and elaborate papyri are the Edwin Smith Papyrus (1600 BC) and the Ebers papyrus, which refers to King Den (1st dynasty, 3000 BC), suggesting a much earlier origin. The book of was found in writings under the two feet of Anubis in Letopolis and was brought to the majesty of the king of Upper and Lower Egypt Den.

Edwin Smith Papyrus

 The Edwin Smith Papyrus is 5 meters long, and is chiefly concerned with surgery. It described 48 surgical cases of wounds of the head, neck, shoulders, breast and chest. Unfortunately, the scribe who copied it did not proceed further from the thorax, and it ended abruptly in the middle of a sentence.

The papyrus listed the manifestations, followed by prescriptions to every individual case. It included a vast experience in fractures that can only be acquired at a site where accidents were extremely numerous, as during the building of the pyramids.

Fourteenth Egyptian Dynasty

The Eleventh (all of Egypt), Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Middle Kingdom, though this dynasty overlaps partially with either (or both of) the Thirteenth Dynasty or the Fifteenth Dynasty, during the Second Intermediate Period.
It is associated with the Delta region of Egypt, and may have ruled from Xois, though for only little more than 100 years. Its rulers may have been related to the Hyksos, though they are very frequently identified as being of Semitic origin, owing to the distinct origins of the names of some of their Kings, like Yakobaam or Yaqub-Har.

As many as 76 kings are known from various king lists (from Manetho; the Turin King List gives 32), but only a few are attested in contemporary sources, so some may not have been actual rulers (eg some may be pseudonyms of other rulers). Most likely, many of these ruled concurrently over different parts of the Delta. Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for this Dynasty include: Nehesy (or Nehesi)

Nehesy (Nehesi) was a ruler traditionally placed in the 14th Dynasty of Egypt of the Second Intermediate Period. He left his name on two monuments at Avaris. His name means "Nubian" in Egyptian. In the Turin King list (8:1), he is mentioned under Merdjefare. His name is also known from scarabs. Arguably, he is the best-known ruler of the 14th Dynasty. At Tell Habwe, there is a pair of steles. In Lower Egypt, at the Temple of Seth in Raahu, he erected an obelisk with an inscription "king's eldest son". Also an usurped seated statue by Merenptah is believed to belong to Nehesy, inscribed with "Seth, the Lord of Avaris".

This should be compared with the 400-year-stele of Ramesses II commemorating the Jubileum of the Cult of Seth during the reign of Haremheb. According to Manfred Bietak, the father of Nehesy may have been a military or administrative high official, who from the City of Avaris controlled the Northeastern part of the Nile Delta. Sekheperenre Merdjefare. Attested by a single stela from Saft al-Hinna, in the Delta.

Several other rulers may be dated to the 14th dynasty or the 15th dynasty:
Sekhaenre Yakbim
Ya'ammu
Qareh (or Qar)
'Ammu
Maaibre Sheshi

Maaibre Sheshi was a pharaoh of Egypt during Egypt's fragmented Second Intermediate Period. Sheshi is difficult to precisely place chronologically. While he is usually described as the founder of the 15th dynasty, this suggestion does not appear tenable since the early Hyksos kings such as Sakir-Har and Khyan are known to have adopted the title heka-khawaset. Khyan only used a prenomen in the second half of his reign-a practice which was followed by his successor Apophis. In contrast, Sheshi always used a prenomen according to his seals. The Danish Egyptologist Kim Ryholt has suggested that Sheshi was actually a 14th Dynasty Asiatic king - such is the degree of confusion over his timeline during the Second Intermediate Period.

The section of the Turin King List dealing with this complex period of Egyptian history is badly damaged and Sheshi's origins and timeline within the Second Intermediate period is uncertain. Sheshi's throne name, Maaibre, means 'Seeing is the heart of Re'. He is well known from more than 300 seals and seal impressions made during his reign. According to Ryholt's 1997 book, Sheshi is attested by 396 seals alone which is 3 times higher than the next highest figure of 123 seals for Yakbim Sekhaenre who is another Asiatic ruler in Egypt whose precise dynasty or timeline is unknown.

Aperanat, also written Aper-anat, actually Aper-en-a-ti, is the birth name of an ancient Egyptian minor king or prince of the Second Intermediate Period (ca. 1650 to 1550 BC), who has yet to be exactly placed within this epoch. Aperanat is only known from a few individual seals. He bears the title of Heka-chasut, which translates as "Ruler of the Foreigners" and from which the word Hyksos is derived. The status of Aperanat is disputed. Ryholt sees him tentatively as the second ruler of the 15th dynasty, but points out that Heka-chasut, with one exception, is never connected to the royal form of address and these people tend to be officials, and not kings, as is often supposed. Von Beckerath sees him as a minor king, who reigned in Palestine and reads the name as "User-anat"

Meruserre Yaqub-Har: Yaqub-Har (Other spellings: Yakubher), also known as Yak-Baal was a pharaoh of Egypt during the 17th or 16th century BCE. As an Asiatic ruler during Egypt's fragmented Second Intermediate Period, Yaqub-Har time is difficult to locate chronologically. While he is occasionally described as a member of the Hyksos based 15th dynasty, the Danish specialist Kim Ryholt has suggested that Yaqub-Har was actually one of the last kings of the 14th Dynasty. This is because while the early Hyksos kings are known to have used the title heka-khawaset in their reigns such as Sakir-Har or Khyan -- at least early in the latter king's reign before he chose the prenomen Seuserenre.

Later Hyksos kings such as Apophis simply adopted a prenomen -mlike the 14th dynasty kings. Yaqub-Har himself always used a prenomen or royal name, Meruserre, in his reign which strongly suggests that he was rather a member of the Asiatic 14th dynasty which preceded the Hyksos. Meruserre means 'strong is the love of Re.' The 14th Dynasty of Egypt was an Asiatic dynastic which ruled in the Delta region - like the Hyksos. Ryholt has suggested that the name Yaqub-Har had a West Semitic origin. The Ancient Egyptians blamed the Hyksos for conquering their country. The truth may have been a somewhat more benign and gradual process of integration.