Menkaura

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Menkaura is an alternative name for Menkaure, the ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty best known for building the third and smallest of the three major pyramids at Giza.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Menkaura canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ
human ⓘ
alternativeNameOf Menkaure ⓘ
associatedDeity Hathor ⓘ
Ra ⓘ
associatedWith Giza Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Giza

Giza pyramid complex ⓘ
linked to: Giza Pyramids
associatedWithSite Giza ⓘ
burialMonument Pyramid of Menkaure ⓘ
burialPlace Giza Necropolis ⓘ
linked to: Giza
culture Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
depictedAs statues with Hathor and nome deities ⓘ
dynasty Fourth Dynasty ⓘ
era c. 26th century BCE ⓘ
father Khafre ⓘ
grandfather Khufu ⓘ
hasArtifact greywacke statue groups ⓘ
triad statues of Menkaure ⓘ
hasCauseway causeway linking mortuary and valley temples ⓘ
hasChild Khuenre ⓘ
Sekhemre ⓘ
Shepseskaf ⓘ
hasMainMonument Pyramid of Menkaure ⓘ
hasMortuaryTemple Mortuary temple of Menkaure ⓘ
hasPyramid Pyramid of Menkaure ⓘ
hasSpouse Khamerernebty II ⓘ
linked to: Khamerernebty I

Rekhetre ⓘ
hasValleyTemple Valley temple of Menkaure ⓘ
knownFor construction of the third pyramid at Giza ⓘ
smallest of the three major pyramids at Giza ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
memberOf Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
mentionedIn Herodotus’ Histories (as Mycerinus) ⓘ
linked to: works of Herodotus
monumentType pyramid ⓘ
nameMeaning Eternal like the souls of Re ⓘ
nomen Menkaure ⓘ
positionHeld King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
Pharaoh of Egypt ⓘ
praenomen Khakhaure ⓘ
predecessor Khafre ⓘ
pyramidLocation southernmost pyramid at Giza ⓘ
pyramidRelativeSize smallest of the three main Giza pyramids ⓘ
reignInPeriod Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
royalHouse Fourth Dynasty royal family ⓘ
successor Shepseskaf ⓘ
successorDynastically Fifth Dynasty of Egypt (indirectly) ⓘ
transliterationVariant Menkaure ⓘ
Mycerinus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Menkaure → nameVariant → Menkaura ⓘ
Mykerinos → hasAlternativeName → Menkaura ⓘ
Khuenre → father → Menkaura ⓘ
Khuenre → notableRelative → Menkaura ⓘ
Khakhaure → usedBy → Menkaura ⓘ
Sekhemre → associatedWith → Menkaura ⓘ