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 476 APPENDIX HI. Mexkauba (Mycerktds), builder of the third pyramid of Gizeh. B. 3633. Daring this age history begins to assume shape. The three great pyramids are completed and numerous other monuments erected. Cheops was a war- like prince, whose triumphs over the Arab Bedouins of Sinai are recorded on the bas-reliefs of the Wady Magharah. This era marks the culminating point of primitive Egyptian culture. The country appears to have made great advances in material progress, and the limits of the monarchy were extended southwards to the Cataracts. But the capital was still at Memphis, in the neighbourhood of which was centred all the life and activity of the nation. V. Dynasty: Elephantine. M. 3951, B. 3566. Raenuser (RATnuREs), the first king whose name was inscribed with a double cartouche. B. 3433. Tatkara (Tankiieres), or Assa, to whose reign is referred the tomb of Tih at Saqqarah. B. 3366. Unas (Obnos), builder of the so-called Mastabat-el-Faraun, or great truncated pyramid of Saqqarah. B. 3333. VI. Dynasty : Memphite. M. 3703, B. 3300. Merira Pepi (Apappus), whose name occurs on many monuments throughout the whole of Egypt from San to Assuan, as well as in the Sinai Peninsula. He appears to have ruled over all the Lower Nile valley as far as Nubia, and is traditionally said to have reigned for a himdred years. B. 3233. VII. Dynasty : Seat of empire uncertain. M. 3500, B. 3100. No known records. No known records. No known records. VIII. Dynasty : Dates uncertain. IX. Dynasty: Herakleopolite. M. 3358. X. Dynasty : Hebakleopolite. M. 3249. No known records.