Sekhemkhet

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King Djoser was succeeded by his son , Sekhemkhet; some scholars , however , consider him to be Djoser II . It is easy to prove the identification between Sekhemkhet and Djoserti (Djoser II) , because the Third Dynasty was marked by a change in the royal titles whereby the king's first name , which was usually given to a prince at the time of his birth , became the 'Golden Horus' name . In the Thinite Period , the king's first name had been the 'King of Upper and Lower Egypt' which was given at the time of his coronation . The Nsw-bity name became more closely associated with the Horus name .

He attempted to build a pyramid at Saqqara imitating his father's pyramid but died before completing it , possibly due to the bad economic condition . He ruled for a short time and left some inscriptions at Wadi-Magharah . Also we know of Neb-kau or Neb-kau-Re , who has to be accommodated in the list of the Third Dynasty rulers . He also built a pyramid at Zawiyet el-Aryan which was not completed . The architecture of this king's pyramid dates stylistically to the Third Dynasty or at least represents a revival of the style of that time , but whether this is considered sufficient to identify him with the Saqqara's King-List Nebkare or with one of King Huni's predecessors is controversial .