Mykerinos

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Mykerinos is the Greek name for the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Menkaure, best known for commissioning the smallest of the three major pyramids on the Giza Plateau.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mykerinos canonical 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian pharaoh
human
belongsToRoyalHouse Fourth Dynasty royal family
commissioned Pyramid of Menkaure
hasAlternativeName Menkaura
Menkaurea
linked to: Menkaure

Mycerinus
hasBuildingActivityAt Giza
Saqqara
linked to: Saqqara necropolis
hasBurialPlace Pyramid of Menkaure
hasConsort Khamerernebty II
linked to: Khamerernebty I
hasCultCenter Giza
hasDaughter Khuenre
Shepseskaf-ankh
linked to: Shepseskaf
hasFather Khafre
hasGrandfather Khufu
hasGreekName Mykerinos
hasMortuaryTempleAt Giza
hasMother Khentkaus I (possible)
linked to: Khentkaus I
hasNotableArtifact Greywacke statue of Menkaure and a queen
Menkaure triads
hasPossibleConsort Rekhetre
hasPraenomen Menkaure
hasPrimaryName Menkaure
hasPyramidAt Giza Plateau
linked to: Giza
hasReignDurationApprox 18 years
hasReignEstimatedEnd circa 2510 BCE
hasReignEstimatedStart circa 2530 BCE
hasReputationInTradition just and pious ruler
hasRoyalHorusName Kha-khau-Ra
hasRoyalTitle King of Upper and Lower Egypt
hasSuccessor Shepseskaf
hasTitularyElement Horus name Kha-khau-Ra
linked to: Kha-khau-Ra

Nesu-bit name Menkaure
linked to: Mycerinus
hasValleyTempleAt Giza
isAssociatedWithMonumentType pyramid
isAssociatedWithSite Giza Necropolis
linked to: Giza
isBestKnownFor commissioning the smallest of the three major pyramids on the Giza Plateau
isDepictedIn triad statues with Hathor and nome deities
isMentionedBy Herodotus
isMentionedIn Herodotus Histories
linked to: works of Herodotus
languageOfNameForm Greek
nameMeaning Eternal like the souls of Ra
originalNameLanguage Ancient Egyptian
reignedInDynasty Fourth Dynasty of Egypt
reignedInPeriod Old Kingdom of Egypt
ruledFrom Giza
ruledOver Ancient Egypt
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
succeeded Shepseskaf

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

Menkaure nameVariant Mykerinos
Mykerinos hasGreekName Mykerinos