Ruler
Khyan
Hyksos king (Fifteenth Dynasty)
c. 1600 BCE
Approximate date; his place among the Hyksos kings is debated.
Biography
One of the best-known Hyksos kings. Objects bearing his name have been found outside Egypt, including a jar lid at Knossos on Crete, pointing to wide contacts.
Key facts
Certainty: Probable
Objects naming Khyan have been found outside Egypt, including a lid from Knossos on Crete.
Scholarly note: Such objects need not mean political control; they may be gifts or traded goods.
- K. S. B. Ryholt (1997) “The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c. 1800–1550 B.C.” Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen
- Ian Shaw (ed.) (2000) “The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt” Oxford University Press