According to the Turin King-list, Netjerikhet's immediate successor, Sekhemkhet, identified by his personal name Djoser-Ti, ruled for only six years. The human remains found in the South Tomb of Sekhemkhet's funerary complex belonged to a two year old child and are thus very unlikely to have belonged to Sekhemkhet himself.
A relief in the Wadi Maghara in the Sinai showing Sekhemkhet as an adult slaying a foe is sometimes seen as proof that Sekhemkhet was an adult during his reign. Such stereotyped representation, however, should be seen for what they are: conform to the canonic way of representing a king, regardless of his actual physical state, age or even sex.
His funerary monument, the Buried Pyramid built to the south-west of Djoser’s, was never finished, which may corroborate the short reign credited to Sekhemkhet by the Turin King-list. If it would have been finished, however, it would have been an even more magnificent building than Djoser’s. When this monument was discovered, its sarcophagus was found sealed and empty. It does not appear to have been used.
