Apepi II

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Apepi II, (Also Aqenienre Apepi or Apepi II) may have been a Hyksos ruler of Lower Egypt during the end of the Second Intermediate Period though he is often believed to have been Apepi I under a different praenomen. If he was a different king, his domain was much reduced from his predecessor, Apepi I, and his name is not found on any objects south of Bubastis besides a dagger which turned up on the Antiquities market in Luxor, but was probably not found in the area.[1]
Rather than building his own monuments, he wrote his own name over two sphinxes of Amenemhat II and two statues of Smenkhkare.[2] He was defeated by Ahmose I who drove out the Hyksos and established the 18th Dynasty.[3]

However, Aqenienre Apepi may or may not have been another name for Awoserre Apepi, in which case both Awoserre and Aqenienre were two names for the same person.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Grimal, Nicholas. A History of Ancient Egypt. p.192. Librairie Arthéme Fayard, 1988
  2. ^ Ibid. p.193. Librairie Arthéme Fayard, 1988
  3. ^ Ibid. p.193. Librairie Arthéme Fayard, 1988
Preceded by
Apepi I		 Pharaoh of Egypt
Fifteenth Dynasty		 Succeeded by
Khamudi


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