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Menkaure or Menkaura (Egyptian transliteration: mn-kꜣw-rꜥ; c. 2550 BC - c. 2503 BC) was a king 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).
Khamerernebty I was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 4th dynasty.She was probably a wife of King Khafre and the mother of King Menkaure and Queen Khamerernebty II.It is possible that she was a daughter of Khufu, based on the fact that inscriptions identify her as a King's daughter.
Menkare was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the first or second [1] ruler of the Eighth Dynasty.Menkare probably reigned a short time at the transition between the Old Kingdom period and the First Intermediate Period, in the early 22nd century BC. [2]
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Khamerernebty / ˌ k ʌ ˈ m ɪər ˌ ʌ ˈ n ɛ t iː / (“The Beloved of the Two Ladies Appears”; “two ladies”, referring to the protective goddesses of Upper and Lower Egypt, was a title of the pharaoh) was an ancient Egyptian name, worn by two queens and a princess during the Old Kingdom:
In the tomb of the nobleman Debhen, for instance, there is a description of a visit by Pharaoh Menkaure to the construction site for his pyramid "Divine is Menkaure". The pharaoh is accompanied by a naval commander and two high priests of Ptah. [3] There used to be two high priests of Ptah until the Sixth Dynasty.
Khamerernebty II is said to be the daughter of Khamerernebty I in her tomb. Khamerernebty I is thought to be the mother of Menkaure based on a partial inscription on a flint knife in the mortuary temple of Menkaure and hence a wife of King Khafre. This would imply that Khamerernebty II was the daughter of King Khafre and Khamerernebty I. [2]
Menkauhor, whose name means "Eternal are the Kas of Horus", is the first pharaoh in 80 years whose name does not refer to the sun god Ra. [39] The name of Menkauhor instead finds its peers among the princes of the Fifth Dynasty with, for example, prince Khentykauhor "The forces of Horus are at the fore", [ 39 ] a son of Nyuserre Ini, [ 39 ] and ...