Nomarchs

11th dynasty (Theban) Pharaoh

Egyptian pharaoh

thumb|Drawing of a nomarch based on Middle Kingdom tomb paintingsA nomarch (, Great Chief) was a provincial governor in ancient Egypt; the country was divided into 42 provinces, called nomes (singular , plural ). A nomarch was the government official responsible for a nome. More recent studies are more cautious about using this term as it is a Greek word that does not exactly match Ancient Egyptian administrative titles and modern scholars often prefer other, more neutral words for describing the heads of the provinces, such as governor.

Egyptian pharaoh

ancient Egyptian explorer

Egyptian nomarch, ancestor of the 11th dynasty

nomarch of Egypt under Macedonian rule

Khui () was an ancient Egyptian king and/or nomarch during the early First Intermediate Period. Khui may have belonged to the Eighth Dynasty of Egypt, as Jürgen Beckerath has proposed, or he may instead have been a provincial nomarch who proclaimed himself king.

Ankhtifi (or Ankhtify) was an ancient Egyptian nobleman, administrator, and military commander. The nomarch of Nekhen and a supporter of the pharaoh in Heracleopolis Magna (10th Dynasty), which was locked in a conflict with the Theban based 11th Dynasty kingdom for control of Egypt. Hence, Ankhtifi was possibly a rival to the Theban rulers Mentuhotep I and Intef I. He lived during the First Intermediate Period, after the Egyptian Old Kingdom state had collapsed, and at a time when economic hardship, political instability, and foreign invasion challenged the fabric of Egyptian society.

thumb|Entrance of the tomb of Heqaib at Qubbet el-Hawa Pepinakht, nicknamed Heqaib, also Hekaib or Hekayeb (), was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the 1st Nome of Upper Egypt ("Land of the Bow") under king Pepi II, towards the end of the 6th Dynasty. He was also an officer in charge of military expeditions in Nubia.

Egyptian nomarch

ancient Egyptian nomarch

Egyptian nomarch

Egyptian nomarch

Djehutihotep ("Thoth is satisfied") was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the fifteenth nome of Upper Egypt ("the Hare") during the twelfth dynasty, c. 1900 BC.

ancient Egyptian nomarch

ancient Egyptian nomarch

ancient Egyptian nomarch

Egyptian nomarch

Mesehti was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the 13th nome of Upper Egypt ("the Upper Sycamore") around 2000 BCE, during the 11th Dynasty. He also was seal-bearer and overseer of the priests of Wepwawet.

ancient Egyptian nomarch

Djefaihapi was an ancient Egyptian official during the reign of pharaoh Senusret I of the 12th Dynasty. In literature, his name is found written in many other variants such as Hepzefa, Hapidjefa, Hapdjefai, and Djefaihap.

Gegi () was an Ancient Egyptian high official who lived at the end of the Old Kingdom in the 6th Dynasty, although it is not possible to provide an exact date. Gegi is known from his false door and six statues. They were found at Saqqara and entered the Egyptian Museum in 1884 where they are still housed. They must come from his tomb. The exact findspot of his burial is unknown. On his monuments, Gegi bears different titles, the most important being overlord of the Thinite nome (Ta-wer). He was therefore nomarch of the province. Gegi was also overseer of priests of Onuris. The latter god was t

Shemay (also Shemai) was an ancient Egyptian official and later vizier toward the end of the 8th Dynasty (22nd century BCE) during the First Intermediate Period, mainly known for being the beneficiary of most of the Coptos Decrees. His career has been interpreted as a glaring sign of the extreme weakness of the central power, forced to bestow great privileges to maintain the loyalty of powerful local governors. Shemay is buried in a mudbrick mastaba just south of Coptos.

ancient Egyptian nomarch