Showing posts with label King Menkaure (Mycerinus) (2490-2474). Show all posts
Showing posts with label King Menkaure (Mycerinus) (2490-2474). Show all posts

King Menkaure (Mycerinus) (2490-2474)

Statue of Menkaure
King Menkaure  was the fifth ruler of the Fourth Dynasty, the detergent builder of the third pyramid at Giza. The  heir  of  Khafre, Menkaur  ruled  from  2490 B.C.E. until  his  death,  and  was  anticipated  Mycerinus  by  the Greeks.  He  was  Khafres  son,  probably  born  to  Queen Khamerernebty (2) or  peradventure  to  Queen  Persenti His sons  were  Kaaur,  Khuenr,  the  chosen  heir  who  died young, and Shepseskhaf, who succeeded him. His daughter  was  Khentakawes (1). Shepseskhaf  perchance  good Menkaurs pyramid, the third one erected at Giza, and it is known that he total Menkaurs mortuary temple. He was read as being godly, and his death was forecast by the Oracle of Buto.

Menkaure's pyramid  at  Giza  was  designed  smaller  than  the ones raised there by Khufu and Khafre, but it was continued  by  expensive  Aswan stone.  A  basalt  Sarcophagus was set within the pyramid and taken fine panel medals. Statues and other reliefs manifest to the skill of the artisans  of  his  historical  period.  In  the  Twenty-sixth Dynasty  (664-525  B.C.E.)  Menkaurs  remains  were located into a new wooden coffin. His basalt Sarcophagus was  took to  Europe,  but  it  reportedly  went  set  in  a shipwreck off the coast of Spain.

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