Menkaure

Menkaure

▪ king of Egypt
also spelled  Menkure,  Greek  Mykerinos 
flourished 26th century BC
 
 fifth (according to some traditions, sixth) king of the 4th dynasty (c. 2575–c. 2465 BC) of Egypt; he built the third and smallest of the three Pyramids of Giza (Giza, Pyramids of).

      He was the son and probably the successor of Khafre and, according to the Turin papyrus, reigned for 18 (or 28) years. According to tradition, Menkaure was a pious and just king. Although his pyramid and mortuary temple were unfinished at his death, his successor, Shepseskaf, completed the stonework of the mortuary temple in brick. In the funerary complex were found some of the finest sculptures of the Pyramid Age, including a slate statue group of Menkaure and his sister-wife Khamerernebti II and a number of smaller slate triads representing Menkaure, the goddess Hathor, and various nome (district) deities.

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