Tiu, also known as Teyew, was an
ancient Egyptian Pharaoh
Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian: '' pr ꜥꜣ''; cop, , Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') is the vernacular term often used by modern authors for the kings of ancient Egypt who ruled as monarchs from the First Dynasty (c. 3150 BC) until the ...
who ruled in the
Nile Delta.
Tiu is mentioned in the
Palermo Stone inscriptions, along with a small number of kings of Lower Egypt. As there is no other evidence of such a ruler, he may be a mythical king preserved through oral tradition, or may even be completely fictitious.
[Wilkinson, Toby A. H. (2000). ''Royal Annals of Ancient Egypt.'' p.85 New York: Columbia University Press). .]
References
Pharaohs only mentioned in the Palermo Stone
People whose existence is disputed
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