Bust of Prince Ankhhaf, now at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Burial
Mastaba at Giza
Spouse
Princess Hetepheres
Father
Sneferu
Religion
Ancient Egyptian religion
Occupation
Vizier
Ankhhaf was an Egyptian prince and served as an overseer during the reign of the Pharaoh Khufu, who is thought to have been Ankhhaf's half-brother. One of Ankhaf's titles is also as a vizier, but it is unknown which pharaoh he would have held this title under. He lived during Egypt's 4th Dynasty[1] (c. 2613 to c. 2494 BC).
^Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004. p. 56. ISBN 0-500-05128-3.
Ankhhaf was an Egyptian prince and served as an overseer during the reign of the Pharaoh Khufu, who is thought to have been Ankhhaf's half-brother. One...
successor to Sneferu. Ankhhaf – King's Son of his Body, King's vizier (under his nephew Khafre). Buried in G 7510. A famous bust of Ankhhaf is now in the Boston...
Sneferu and mother of Khufu Hetepheres A, daughter of Sneferu, wife of Ankhhaf Hetepheres II, daughter of Khufu, wife of Prince Kawab and pharaoh Djedefre...
Germany; the Dendera Temple Zodiac in the Louvre in Paris; and the bust of Ankhhaf in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. In August 2022, Zahi Hawass reiterated...
king's wife G 7430–7440 Minkhaf I Son of Khufu and Vizier of Khafre G 7510 Ankhhaf Son of Sneferu and Vizier of Khafre G 7530–7540 Meresankh III Daughter...
few other people are mentioned in the fragments. The most important is Ankhhaf (half-brother of Pharaoh Khufu), known from other sources, who is believed...
("the entrance to the pool of Khufu"), which were under supervision of Ankhhaf, the half brother and vizier of Khufu, and the owner of the largest mastaba...
the Dendera zodiac ceiling painting from the Dendera Temple, the bust of Ankhhaf (the architect of the Khafre Pyramid), the faces of Amenhotep III's tomb...
II. Ankhhaf Prince, Vizier 4th dynasty (fl. c. 26th century BC) Egyptian prince who served as vizier and overseer of works for King Khafre. Ankhhaf was...
mastabas. Of these, the great mastaba G 7510 of the prince and vizier Ankhhaf stands out due to its size. The construction of several other mastabas...
realistically and individually rendered such is the case with the bust of Ankhhaf of the fourth dynasty. The latter is a special and unique case since the...
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