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Titulary
Reneb is assumed to have overthrown his predecessor, Hetepsekhemwy in a military coup. Hetepsekhemwy is either his father or his brother, we do not know. Very little is known about him, but his name has caused some arguments. He is one of the first kings to incorporate the sun god's name, Re, into his own name, a tradition that will be followed by most of the pharaohs in Egypt. His name, Nebre (or Reneb) is taken to mean either "Re is my Lord{" or "The Lord of the Sun" and in either case he started the shift to the worship of Re, the sun god even though he worshipped Mendes himself. he started a number of cults to different gods, including worship of Mendes, Menvis, and a cult to the sacred goat in the delta.
A stela of granite, found in Mit Rahina (near the city of Memphis) leads most to believe that his burial place is in Saqqara. The stela would have stood outside his tomb, which may have been the large galleries under the funerary complex of Djoser, which suggests that they were built to incorporate these earlier structures. His name shows up in a very complex tomb in Saqqara that is assumed to have been built by his predecessor, Hetepsekhemwy. Also, surprisingly, his name has been found at the very southernmost edge of Upper Egypt, in the desert near Armant. |
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