Mykerinos

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Mykerinos is the Greek name for the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Menkaure, best known for commissioning the smallest of the three major pyramids on the Giza Plateau.

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Label Occurrences
Mykerinos canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian pharaoh
human
belongsToRoyalHouse Fourth Dynasty of Egypt
surface form: Fourth Dynasty royal family
commissioned Pyramid of Menkaure
hasAlternativeName Menkaura
Menkaure
surface form: Menkaurea

Mycerinus
hasBuildingActivityAt Giza
Saqqara necropolis
surface form: Saqqara
hasBurialPlace Pyramid of Menkaure
hasConsort Khamerernebty I
surface form: Khamerernebty II
hasCultCenter Giza
hasDaughter Khuenre
Shepseskaf
surface form: Shepseskaf-ankh
hasFather Khafre
hasGrandfather Khufu
hasGreekName Mykerinos self-link
hasMortuaryTempleAt Giza
hasMother Khentkaus I
surface form: Khentkaus I (possible)
hasNotableArtifact Greywacke statue of Menkaure and a queen
Menkaure triads
hasPossibleConsort Rekhetre
hasPraenomen Menkaure
hasPrimaryName Menkaure
hasPyramidAt Giza
surface form: Giza Plateau
hasReignDurationApprox 18 years
hasReignEstimatedEnd circa 2510 BCE
hasReignEstimatedStart circa 2530 BCE
hasReputationInTradition just and pious ruler
hasRoyalHorusName Kha-khau-Ra
hasRoyalTitle King of Upper and Lower Egypt
hasSuccessor Shepseskaf
hasTitularyElement Kha-khau-Ra
surface form: Horus name Kha-khau-Ra

Mycerinus
surface form: Nesu-bit name Menkaure
hasValleyTempleAt Giza
isAssociatedWithMonumentType pyramid
isAssociatedWithSite Giza
surface form: Giza Necropolis
isBestKnownFor commissioning the smallest of the three major pyramids on the Giza Plateau
isDepictedIn triad statues with Hathor and nome deities
isMentionedBy Herodotus
isMentionedIn works of Herodotus
surface form: Herodotus Histories
languageOfNameForm Greek
nameMeaning Eternal like the souls of Ra
originalNameLanguage Ancient Egyptian
reignedInDynasty Fourth Dynasty of Egypt
reignedInPeriod Old Kingdom of Egypt
ruledFrom Giza
ruledOver Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egypt
succeeded Shepseskaf

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Menkaure nameVariant Mykerinos
Mykerinos hasGreekName Mykerinos self-link