Hyksos: Foreign Rulers Of Avaris Who Founded The Fifteenth Dynasty Of Egypt
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many researchers refer to the Hyksos as West Asian people, but who these people were is not exactly known.
They were officially known as “Foreign Rulers ('Heka Khawaset'). Their historical name “Hyksos” is of Greek origin.
The Hyksos kingdom was located in the eastern Nile Delta and Middle Egypt, and the Hyksos Fifteenth Dynasty rulers established their capital and seat of government at Memphis and their summer residence at Avaris.
At that time, the Hyksos ruled the Delta and gradually extended their rule farther west and south, adopting the traditional titles of the Dynasty they conquered. It is believed that the area under Hyksos control extended from the Nile Delta on the Mediterranean to a little south of Cairo.
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