Qareh Khawoserre was possibly the third kingDarrell D. Baker: The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I - Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300–1069 BC, Stacey International, , 2008, p. 303 of the

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ite 14th Dynasty of Egypt, who reigned over the eastern Nile Delta from Avaris during the

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. His reign is believed to have lasted about 10 years, from 1770 BC until 1760 BCK.S.B. Ryholt (1998). The Political Situation in Egypt During the Second Intermediate Period, C1800-1550 BC. Museum Tusculanum Press. . or later, around 1710 BC. Alternatively, Qareh could have been a later vassal of the

Hyksos Hyksos (; Egyptian '' ḥqꜣ(w)- ḫꜣswt'', Egyptological pronunciation: ''hekau khasut'', "ruler(s) of foreign lands") is a term which, in modern Egyptology, designates the kings of the Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt (fl. c. 1650–1550 BC). T ...

kings of the 15th Dynasty and would then be classified as a king of the 16th Dynasty. Qareh's name is West Semitic and means "''The

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one''". His existence is only attested by thirty royal seals inscribed with his name, only one of which has a known provenance: Jericho in

. Qareh's name was earlier misread as ''Qar'', ''Qur'', and ''Qal''. The Egyptologist

Kim Ryholt Kim Steven Bardrum Ryholt (born 19 June 1970) is a professor of Egyptology at the University of Copenhagen and a specialist on Egyptian history and literature. He is director of the research centeCanon and Identity Formation in the Earliest Litera ...

equates Qareh with the prenomen ''Khawoserre'', which is also only attested through scarab seals. Qareh's chronological position is uncertain, with Ryholt and

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placing him as the third king of the 14th Dynasty based on the style of his seals. On the other hand, Thomas Schneider and Jürgen von Beckerath see him as a ruler of the 16th Dynasty. Alternatively,

James Peter Allen James Peter Allen (born 1945) is an American Egyptologist, specializing in language and religion. He was curator of Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1990 to 2006. In 2007, he became the Charles Edwin Wilbour Professor of Egypt ...

proposes that he was an Hyksos ruler of the early 15th DynastyDaphna Ben-Tor, Susan J. Allen, James P. Allen: ''Seals and Kings.'' In: ''

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