Huni

Huni
Ny-Swteh, Nisut-Hu, Hu-en-nisut, Qahedjet (?), Kerpheris, Aches
Pink granite head possibly depicting Huni, Brooklyn Museum[1]
Pharaoh
Reign	24 regnal years[2][3] 2636-2613 BC
Predecessor	Khaba (?)
Successor	Sneferu
Royal titulary Prenomen  (Praenomen) Abusir stone bowl Niswt-bitj Hw-en-Niswt Elephantine cone/Palermo stone Hw-en-Niswt Papyrus Prisse Hwj The smiter Saqqara Tablet Hwj The smiter Turin King List King Hw...
Consort	Djefatnebti (?), Meresankh I (?)
Children	Hetepheres I (?), Sneferu (?)
Monuments	Cultic step pyramid and palace at Elephantine
Dynasty	3rd Dynasty

Huni (original reading unknown) was an ancient Egyptian king, the last pharaoh of the Third Dynasty of Egypt during the Old Kingdom period. Based on the Turin king list, he is commonly credited with a reign of 24 years, ending c. 2613 BC.

Huni's chronological position as the last king of the third dynasty is fairly certain, but there is uncertainty about the succession order of rulers at the end of the third dynasty. It is also unclear under which Hellenized name the ancient historian Manetho listed him in his Aegyptiacae: mostly likely Aches, as Winfried Barta proposes.^{[citation needed]} Many Egyptologists believe that Huni was the father and direct predecessor of King Sneferu, but this is questioned by other scholars. Huni is seen by scholars as a confusing figure in Egyptian history, because he was long remembered in Egyptian traditions, but very few documents, objects or monuments from his reign have survived.^[4]