What is Ka (pharaoh)?
'''Ka''', also '''Sekhem Ka''',<ref>Michael Rice, ''Who's Who in Ancient Egypt'', Routledge 1999, p.86</ref> was a [[Predynastic Egypt|predynastic]] [[pharaoh]] of [[Upper Egypt]]. He ruled over [[Abydos, Egypt|Abydos]] in the late 32nd or early [[31st century BC]] and was buried at [[Umm el-Qa'ab]]. He most likely was the immediate successor to [[Iry-Hor]] and was succeeded by [[Narmer]].<ref>Ian Shaw, ''The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt'', p.71</ref> He is the earliest known Egyptian king with a ''[[serekh]],'' inscribed on a number of artefacts.<ref>Toby A. H. Wilkinson, ''Early Dynastic Egypt'', Routledge 1999, pp.57f.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} [[Category:Predynastic Pharaohs]]