Menkaure

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Fourth Dynasty pharaoh King of Upper and Lower Egypt ancient Egyptian pharaoh

Menkaure was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, best known as the builder of the smallest of the three main pyramids on the Giza Plateau.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Pharaoh Menkaure 3
deified King Menkaure 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Fourth Dynasty pharaoh ⓘ
King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
ancient Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ
artifactsFoundAt Menkaure mortuary temple ⓘ
surface form: mortuary temple of Menkaure

valley temple of Menkaure ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Horus ⓘ
Ra ⓘ
attestedIn Herodotus ⓘ
Manetho ⓘ
Pyramid Texts (later copies referencing him) ⓘ
burialComplexLocation Giza ⓘ
surface form: Giza Necropolis

Giza ⓘ
surface form: Giza Plateau
burialPlace Pyramid of Menkaure ⓘ
child Khentkaus I ⓘ
Henutsen ⓘ
surface form: Khuenre

Shepseskaf ⓘ
cultCenter Giza ⓘ
dynasty Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
father Khafre ⓘ
grandfather Khufu ⓘ
knownFor Pyramid of Menkaure ⓘ
building the smallest of the three main pyramids at Giza ⓘ
languageOfCourt Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
mother Khamerernebty I ⓘ
nameVariant Menkaura ⓘ
Mycerinus ⓘ
Mykerinos ⓘ
notableArtifact diorite statue of Menkaure ⓘ
triad statues of Menkaure with goddesses ⓘ
praenomenMeaning Eternal like the ka of Ra ⓘ
praenomenTransliteration Mn-k3w-Rˁ ⓘ
predecessor Khafre ⓘ
pyramidDesignation G3-b ⓘ
surface form: G3
pyramidLocation Giza ⓘ
surface form: Giza Plateau

west bank of the Nile ⓘ
pyramidName Pyramid of Menkaure ⓘ
reignApproximateEnd c. 2510 BCE ⓘ
reignApproximateStart c. 2530 BCE ⓘ
reignedIn Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
ruledFromRegion Lower Egypt ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ
ruledOver Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt
spouse Khamerernebty I ⓘ
surface form: Khamerernebty II

Persenet ⓘ
Rekhetre ⓘ
successor Shepseskaf ⓘ
templeType mortuary temple ⓘ
valley temple ⓘ
throneName Menkaure self-link ⓘ
writingSystemUsed Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

this entity surface form: deified King Menkaure
G3-b → associatedWith → Menkaure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pharaoh Menkaure
Pyramid of Menkaure → builtFor → Menkaure ⓘ
Khafre → child → Menkaure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pharaoh Menkaure
Pharaonic Egypt → majorPharaoh → Menkaure ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pharaoh Menkaure
Khafre → successor → Menkaure ⓘ
Menkaure → throneName → Menkaure self-link ⓘ