Apepi (also
Ipepi;
Egyptian language ) or
Apophis (; regnal names
Neb-khepesh-Re,
A-qenen-Re and
A-user-Re) was a ruler of Lower
Egypt during the
fifteenth dynasty and the end of the
Second Intermediate Period that was dominated by this foreign dynasty of rulers called the
Hyksos. According to the Turin Canon of Kings, he ruled over the northern portion of Egypt for forty years, and would have ruled during the early half of the 16th century BC if he outlived his southern rival,
Kamose, but not
Ahmose I. Although his reign only entailed northern Egypt, Apepi was dominant over most of Egypt during the early portion of his reign, and traded peacefully with the native,
Theban Seventeenth dynasty to the south.