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The Bent Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid located at the royal necropolis of Dahshur, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Cairo, built under the Old Kingdom King Sneferu. A unique example of early pyramid development in Egypt, this was the second of four pyramids built by Sneferu.
She was a daughter of Khufu [1] and was either born during the reign of her grandfather Sneferu or during the early years of her father's reign. She was named after her grandmother, Hetepheres I and she had an aunt named Hetepheres A. A fragmentary titulature found in the tomb of Meritites I may indicate that she was the mother of Hetepheres II.
Detail of a relief showing Sneferu wearing the white robe of the Sed-festival, from his funerary temple of Dahshur and now on display at the Egyptian Museum. The 24-year Turin Canon figure for Sneferu's reign is considered today to be an underestimate since this king's highest-known date is an inscription discovered at the Red Pyramid of Dahshur and mentioning Sneferu's 24th cattle count ...
Iynefer [1] (i(i)-nfr, [2] “the beautiful/good one has come”) was a Fourth Dynasty ancient Egyptian prince, a son of Pharaoh Sneferu. [3] [4] [5] He was thus a brother of Nefertkau I [6] and Khufu [7] [8] and his title was “King’s Son”. Iynefer had a tomb in Dahshur, and parts of the tomb are now located in the Egyptian Museum.
Sneferu leads a campaign in Nubia and returns with about 7,000 prisoners, who would be employed as servants in the royal estates. Sneferu then sends an expedition to Libya which brings back 11,000 prisoners and 13,100 heads of cattle. [2] Sneferu sends 40 ships to Byblos for the retrieval of cedar wood for the construction of ships. [10]
This arrangement was a clear copy of Sneferu's stele sanctuaries at his pyramids at Meidum and Dahshur. [3] The stelae both once bore the names and titles of Netjeraperef. One of the stelae, however, was stolen during restoration work in Middle Kingdom period and re-used as a door frame for Sneferu's valley temple at Meidum. [6]
The Walls of the Ruler [1] [2] was a fortification, or possibly a whole string of them, built by Amenemhat I in the 14th nome of Lower Egypt to protect the eastern approaches to Egypt. [1] It succeeded the Old Kingdom Walls of Sneferu. [3] The Walls of the Ruler are mentioned in the Tale of Sinuhe [2] and in the Prophecy of Neferti. [4]
Ankhhaf was likely a son of the pharaoh Sneferu and an unknown wife. [2] Ankhhaf's tomb in Giza (G 7510) depicts his sister-wife Princess Hetepheres.Hetepheres is thought to have been the eldest daughter of Sneferu and Queen Hetepheres I and thus Ankhhaf's half-sister. [3]