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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.
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]
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.
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 ...
King Sneferu, the first king of the Fourth Dynasty, held territory from ancient Libya in the west to the Sinai Peninsula in the east, to Nubia in the south. It was a successful period and this era is known for its advancement and concentrated government, as seen in the organized building of pyramids and other monuments.
Hetepheres I may have been a wife of King Sneferu, [1] and was the mother of King Khufu and grandmother of king Khafre. It is possible that Hetepheres had been a minor wife of Sneferu and only rose in prominence after her son ascended the throne. [2] She was the grandmother of two kings, Djedefre and Khafre, and of queen Hetepheres II. [1]
Princess Hetepheres A was a daughter of Pharaoh Sneferu and her mother was Queen Hetepheres I. [1] Princess Hetepheres married her younger half-brother Ankhhaf, who was a vizier. [2] Hetepheres is depicted in Ankhhaf's tomb in Giza (G 7010). Hetepheres had the titles "eldest king's daughter of his body", "the one whom he loves" and "Priestess ...
The pyramid at Meidum is thought to be just the second pyramid of four built by Sneferu after Djoser's [3] and may have been originally built for Huni, the last pharaoh of the Third Dynasty, and continued by Sneferu. Because of its unusual appearance, the pyramid is called el-heram el-kaddaab (false pyramid) in Egyptian Arabic.