Smonkh Ka Ra

Smonkh Ka Ra

 

Smonkh Ka Ra (Ankhkheperure smenkhkare) and the meaning of the name is a strong spirit of Ra, is the eleventh pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty . Is one of the most mysterious figures in Egyptian history.

His
Took Smonkh Ka Ra power after the death « Akhenaten » Little is known about his reign short and considers himself a puzzle puzzling , and is believed to be the son of King Akhenaten by his wife Kay , a wife secondary , a brother of Tutankhamun , married Smonkh Ka Ra daughter of Akhenaten Merritt Aton participated Smonkh Ka Ra and his father Akhenaten to the throne and took the throne after championed by commander any installed his rule, did not recognize the Queen Nefertiti King young Smonkh Ka Ra , making it tries to eliminate them and this appears in his erasing the name of Nefertiti from the Palace of quartz Aton in the sister of the furnace and put the name of his wife passed Aten.
The capital returned to Thebes perhaps under pressure from the priests of Amun and follow the anti- system reform carried out by Akhenaten help any.
It has been found him Furniture probably made the tomb had not been completed does not exist where the image of Aten.

Surreptitious
Smonkh Kara has inscriptions on behalf of ( Ankh Khbro , Ra Nfrnfro Aton ) , which participates Queen Nefertiti in the name ( Nfrnfro of the Aten ), a feminine name means superior beauty of Aton also launched this name on the fourth daughter of Nefertiti Princess Nfrnfro the Aton indicative .
Developed several theories to explain the fact Smonkh Ka Ra including: a theory that ( Ankh Brora ) is Nefertiti with a new name has to govern by Pharaoh, and based on that name ( Nfrnfro Aton ) is one of the names of Nefertiti , and ( Ankh Brora Nfrnfro Aton ) recalled that the beloved Akhenaten .
Another theory sees that ( Ankh Brora ) is Smonkh Ka Ra where he was married to the daughter of Akhenaten major Merritt Aten , there is no conceivable that the mother is going to marry her daughter, and also given the age of the mummy found a 25 - year - old must be is Smonkh the Kara

His death
Died after ruling for nearly three years and is considered the cause of death a mystery .
In 1907 he found Egyptologist Theodore Davis, the American cemetery mysterious is the cemetery No. 55 Valley of the Kings found where the ark by Mummy Smonkh Ka Ra was believed to be a woman , a queen Teye but using modern equipment and conduct tests it turned out to be a young man died in about five and twenty years old , and the shape of the skull is similar to Tutankhamen 's skull , suggesting nothing between them .

Preceded by :
Pharaoh Akhenaten
Eighteenth Dynasty
1335 BC . AD . Until 1335 BC . AD . Right :
Tutankhamun