However, the identity of the next two or three rulers is unclear: we may have both the Horus or Nebty and their birth names for these rulers; they may be entirely different individuals; or there may be legendary names here. On the left are the rulers most Egyptologists place here; on the right are the names that ultimately come from Manetho's Aegyptica:
Although Manetho states that their capital was at Tanis, the same as during the First dynasty, at least the first three kings were buried at Saqqara, suggesting that the center of power had moved to the nearby city of Memphis. Beyond this, little can be said about the events during this period; the annual records on the Palermo stone only survive for the end of the reign of Raneb and for parts of Nynetier's. One important event possibly happened during the reign of Khasekhemwy: many Egyptologists read his name ("the Two Powers are Crowned") as commemorating the union of Upper and Lower Egypts.
External link
Ancient Egypt: The Second Dynasty (http://xoomer.virgilio.it/_XOOM/francescoraf/hesyra/dynasty2.htm)
The First and Second Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Early Dynastic Period of Egypt.
Although Manetho states the capital was at Tanis, the same as during the First Dynasty, at least the first three kings were buried at Saqqara, suggesting the center of power had moved to the nearby city of Memphis.
Beyond this, little can be said about the events during this period; the annual records on the Palermo stone only survive for the end of the reign of Raneb and for parts of Nynetier's.
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