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Khufu's name was dedicated to the god Khnum, which might point to an increase of Khnum's popularity and religious importance.In fact, several royal and religious titles introduced at this time may point out that Egyptian pharaohs sought to accentuate their divine origin and status by dedicating their cartouche names (official royal names) to certain deities.
Khufukhaf was a son of pharaoh Khufu, half-brother of pharaoh Djedefre and full brother of pharaoh Khafre and prince Minkhaf. [2] His mother might have been Queen Henutsen; the latter's pyramid is next to his mastaba tomb. [3] His wife was named Nefertkau II and she was buried with him in Giza. [4] [5]
Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum are depicted in the tomb with their respective families. It has been proposed that they were the sons of Khabaw-khufu and Rewedzawes. They appear to have had three brothers named Titi, Nefernisut, and Kahersetef. Three possible sisters are also attested. They are named Neferhotep-hewetherew, Mehewet and Ptah-heseten.
Meritites married her (half?-)brother, King Khufu. [2] With Khufu, she was the mother of the Crown Prince Kawab, and possibly Djedefre. [3] Both Queen Hetepheres II and Pharaoh Khafre have been suggested as children of Meretites I and Khufu as well, [4] and it is possible that Meritites II was a daughter of Meritites I as well. [5]
Menkaure was the son of Khafre and the grandson of Khufu. A flint knife found in the mortuary temple of Menkaure mentioned a king's mother Khamerernebty I, suggesting that Khafre and this queen were the parents of Menkaure. Menkaure is thought to have had at least two wives.
January 2024. Kate and Oliver cohost a podcast called “Sibling Revelry,” where they interview other famous sets of siblings. During a January episode, Kate got candid about her estrangement ...
Uncertain, possibly two brothers or uncles: Wetka, Iuenka Khufukhaf II (meaning " Khufu raised him"; died c. 2430 BC [ 1 ] ) was an ancient Egyptian high official during the Old Kingdom period. Likely born during the 4th Dynasty , Khufukhaf died during the reign of king Nyuserre Ini of the 5th Dynasty .
In Kosovo, a state-owned energy company plans to destroy a village to make way for expanded coal mining as the government and the World Bank plan for a proposed coal-burning power plant. The government has already forced roughly 1,000 residents from their homes. Many former residents claim officials violated World Bank policy requiring borrowers to restore their living conditions at equal or ...