Greywacke statue of Menkaure Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Pharaoh
Reign
18 to 22 years,[1] starting c. 2530 BC
Predecessor
Khafre (most likely) or Bikheris
Successor
Shepseskaf
Royal titulary
Horus name
Hor-Kakhet ῌr-k3-ḫt Bull of the divine company
Nebty name
Ka-Nebty Nbt.j-k3 Bull of the two Ladies
Golden Horus
Netjer-bik-nebu Nṯr-bjk-nb.w The divine golden falcon
Abydos King List Menkaure mn-kꜣ.w-rꜥ His Kas will stay like Ra
Saqqara Tablet ...kaure ...kꜣ.w-rꜥ
Nomen
Menkaura mn-kꜣw-rꜥ His ka-souls will stay like Ra[1]
Alternative spellings: mn-kꜣ(w)-rꜥ
Consort
Khamerernebty II, Rekhetre ?
Children
Khuenre, Shepseskaf, Khentkaus I ?, Sekhemre
Father
Khafre
Mother
Khamerernebty I
Born
2532 BC
Died
c. 2500 BC
Burial
Pyramid of Menkaure
Dynasty
Fourth Dynasty
Menkaure or Menkaura (Egyptian transliteration: mn-kꜣw-rꜥ) was a pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt during the Old Kingdom. He is well known under his Hellenized names Mykerinos (Ancient Greek: Μυκερῖνος, romanized: Mukerînos by Herodotus); in turn Latinized as Mycerinus, and Menkheres (Μεγχέρης, Menkhérēs by Manetho). According to Manetho, he was the throne successor of king Bikheris, but according to archaeological evidence, he was almost certainly the successor of Khafre. Africanus (from Syncellus) reports as rulers of the fourth dynasty Sôris, Suphis I, Suphis II, Mencherês (=Menkaure), Ratoisês, Bicheris, Sebercherês, and Thamphthis in this order.[2] Menkaure became famous for his tomb, the Pyramid of Menkaure, at Giza and his statue triads, which showed him alongside the goddess Hathor and various regional deities.
^ abThomas Schneider (2002). Lexikon der Pharaonen. Düsseldorf: Albatros. ISBN 3-491-96053-3. pp. 163–164.
^"LacusCurtius • Manetho: History of Egypt (And other Fragments)".
Menkaure or Menkaura (Egyptian transliteration: mn-kꜣw-rꜥ) was a pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt during the Old Kingdom. He is well known under...
The pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three main pyramids of the Giza pyramid complex, located on the Giza Plateau in the southwestern outskirts...
is home to the Great Pyramid, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes and the Great Sphinx. All...
the length of Menkaure's reign is uncertain, being projected for more than 63 years but it can certainly be an exaggeration. Menkaure succeeded his father...
Fourth Dynasty and the Fifth Dynasty. She may have been a daughter of king Menkaure, the wife of both king Shepseskaf and king Userkaf (the founder of the...
detected: Menkaure and Shepseskaf. On the other hand, the Saqqara king list gives five cartouches between Khafre and Userkaf: Khafre → ??? → (Menkaure) → (Shepseskaf)...
perfected the art of pyramid-building, and the kings Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, who constructed the pyramids at Giza. Egypt attained its first sustained...
but according to archaeological evidence he was instead followed by king Menkaure. Khafre was the builder who made the second largest pyramid at Giza. The...
launched to restore the fallen granite blocks of the facade of the Pyramid of Menkaure back to their original location. It is planned to last for three years...
Giza pyramid complex, which includes the pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, the Great Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers' village and an industrial...
Nekhenre, the Sun temple of Userkaf in Abu Gorab, and the valley temple of Menkaure in Giza. In doing so, he was the first king since Shepseskaf, last ruler...
Dynasty. The height of the Old Kingdom under the reigns of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure. Khufu leads an expedition in Sinai and has the Great Pyramid of Giza built...
recumbent upon a feather, as seen in the statue of the divine triad of Hathor, Menkaure, and Anput. She occasionally is depicted as a woman with the head of a...
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the Giza pyramid complex. He gave up after only damaging the Pyramid of Menkaure because the task proved too large. The shape of Egyptian pyramids is thought...
26th to mid-25th century BC. Shepseskaf's relation to his predecessor Menkaure is not entirely certain; he might have been his son or possibly his brother...
outer wall. The earliest serdab of this type is found in the pyramid of Menkaure, but it was during the reign of Djedkare Isesi that it became a part of...
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walls line up directly with the Great Pyramid of Khufu and the Pyramid of Menkaure. The front of the museum includes a large plaza filled with date palms...
(a seked of 5+1/2 palms). Unfinished casing blocks of the pyramids of Menkaure and Henutsen at Giza suggest that the front faces were smoothed only after...
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