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Menkaure

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Menkaure (mĕnk`rā) or Mycerinus (mĭsərī`nəs), fl. 2525? B.C., king of ancient Egypt, of the IV dynasty; successor of Khafre Khafre or Chephren , fl. 2565 B.C., king of ancient Egypt, of the IV dynasty, and builder of the second pyramid at Giza. His face is perhaps that represented on the Great Sphinx.
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. He built the third pyramid at Giza.


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Built in 25 BC, the pyramids were designed and named after three prominent Egyptian pharaohs: Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure.
They slept in military-style barracks and belonged to work gangs with names such as the "Drunkards of Menkaure.
The articles present in-depth analysis of research into such topics as a coffin text spell from Naga ed-Der, sculptural groupings of Menkaure dyads and triads, the function of the particle jh in Old and Middle Egyptian, and a second style in Egyptian relief of the Old Kingdom.
 
 
 
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