Menkaure
At a glance:
- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Government and Politics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Architecture
- Subcategories: Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Monarchy, Pharaohs
- Curriculum: African History, Middle Eastern History
Article abstract: Egyptian pharaoh (r. 2532-c. 2503 b.c.e.){$I[g]Egypt;Menkaure} An important king of the Fourth Dynasty, Menkaure was the successor to the pharaohs Khafre and Khufu and builder of the third great pyramid.{$IPharaohs;Menkaure}
Early Life
Menkaure (mehn-KEW-ray) was the fourth (possibly fifth) Egyptian king of the Fourth Dynasty (c. 2613-c. 2494 b.c.e.), son of the pharaoh Khafre (r. 2558-2532) and nephew of the pharaoh Khufu (r. 2589-2566 b.c.e.). The exact duration of Menkaure’s reign—eighteen or twenty-eight years—remains unclear....
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