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Menkaure was not succeeded by Prince Khuenre, his eldest son, who predeceased Menkaure, but rather by Shepseskaf, a younger son of this king. [5] Shepseskaf was the successor to Menkaure and likely his son. Sekhemre is known from a statue and possibly a son of Menkaure. A daughter who died in early adulthood is mentioned by Herodotus. She was ...
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]
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Like many kings in this dynasty, 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, King Khafre. His pyramid is the third and smallest of those at Giza pyramid complex and is known as Netjer-er-Menkaure, which translates into "Menkaure is ...
[2] 17 statues have since then been removed and replaced. The National Statuary Hall Collection comprises 60 statues of bronze and 39 of marble . Several sculptors have created multiple statues for the collection, the most prolific being Charles Henry Niehaus who sculpted eight statues currently and formerly in the collection.
A diagram of the pyramid. Menkaure's pyramid had an original height of 65.5 meters (215 ft), and was the smallest of the three major pyramids at the Giza Necropolis.It now stands at 61 m (200 ft) tall with a base of 108.5 m (356 ft).
In 1837 Perring and British archaeologist Richard William Howard Vyse began excavating at Giza; [1] [2] they were later joined by Giovanni Battista Caviglia.They used gunpowder to force their way into several monuments and then to reach hidden chambers within them, [3] such as the burial chamber of the pyramid of Menkaure, documenting them as they went.