Fourth Dynasty of Egypt

E24033

Ancient Egyptian dynasty dynasty

The Fourth Dynasty of Egypt was an Old Kingdom royal line renowned for its powerful pharaohs and monumental pyramid building, including the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Fourth Dynasty of Egypt canonical	67
4th Dynasty of Egypt	5
Fourth Dynasty royal family	3
Fourth Dynasty	2
4th Dynasty royal family	1
Old Kingdom 4th Dynasty	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ancient Egyptian dynasty ⓘ dynasty ⓘ
capital	Memphis ⓘ
chronologicalPosition	first phase of the Old Kingdom pyramid age ⓘ
country	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
currency	barter economy ⓘ
dynasticNumber	4 ⓘ
endTime	c. 2494 BC ⓘ
era	Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Old Kingdom
followedBy	Fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
follows	3rd Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Third Dynasty of Egypt
founder	Pharaoh Sneferu ⓘ surface form: Sneferu
governmentForm	absolute monarchy ⓘ
hasPharaoh	Djedefre ⓘ Huni’s descendants ⓘ Khafre ⓘ Khufu ⓘ Menkaure ⓘ Shepseskaf ⓘ Pharaoh Sneferu ⓘ surface form: Sneferu
hasTitle	Fourth Dynasty of Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fourth Dynasty
knownFor	Great Pyramid of Giza ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ pyramid construction ⓘ strong central monarchy ⓘ
language	Egyptian language ⓘ
notableFor	development of royal funerary cults ⓘ
notableMonument	Bent Pyramid ⓘ Giza Pyramids ⓘ surface form: Giza pyramid complex Great Pyramid of Giza ⓘ Great Sphinx of Giza ⓘ Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ Pyramid of Menkaure ⓘ Red Pyramid ⓘ
partOf	Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
precededByCapital	Memphis ⓘ
region	Lower Egypt ⓘ Nile Valley ⓘ
religion	Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
royalNecropolis	Abu Rawash necropolis ⓘ surface form: Abu Rawash Dahshur necropolis ⓘ surface form: Dahshur Giza ⓘ
significantDeity	Horus ⓘ Osiris ⓘ Ra ⓘ
startTime	c. 2613 BC ⓘ
usedWritingSystem	Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ hieratic script ⓘ

Referenced by (79)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Pyramid of Giza → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pyramid of Khafre → pharaohDynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Red Pyramid → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pyramid of Menkaure → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Great Sphinx of Giza → estimatedConstructionDynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Old Kingdom of Egypt → rulingDynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Abu Rawash necropolis → associatedWith → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Fourth Dynasty of Egypt → hasTitle → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fourth Dynasty

King’s Chamber → associatedWith → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Grand Gallery → constructionPeriod → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Khufu → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Queen’s Chamber → associatedWith → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Khafre → reignDynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Menkaure → reignedIn → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Menkaure → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pharaoh Sneferu → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

subject surface form: Sneferu

Giza Pyramids → constructedDuring → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Fifth Dynasty of Egypt → follows → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Fifth Dynasty of Egypt → precededBy → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Djedefre → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Djedefre → royalHouse → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fourth Dynasty royal family

Pyramid of Sneferu at Dahshur → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Menkaure mortuary temple → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Bent Pyramid → pharaohOfBuilder → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Bent Pyramid → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Meidum Pyramid → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: 4th Dynasty of Egypt

3rd Dynasty of Egypt → followedBy → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: 4th Dynasty of Egypt

3rd Dynasty of Egypt → culturalInfluenceOn → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: 4th Dynasty of Egypt

Memphis, Egypt → associatedWithDynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

this entity surface form: 4th Dynasty of Egypt

Meritites I → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Westcar Papyrus → setInDynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Westcar Papyrus → associatedDynastyInNarrative → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Baufra → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Shepseskaf → memberOf → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Shepseskaf → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Hetepheres I → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Henutsen → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Hordjedef → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Hetepheres II → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Kawab → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Pyramid of Djedefre → pharaohDynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Valley Temple of Khafre → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Ankhmare → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Meresankh III → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Khamerernebty I → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Sekhemkare → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Sekhemkare → timePeriod → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Huni → succeededByDynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Meresankh I → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

Nefertkau I → dynasty → Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ