Menkaure

Menkaure
Menkaura, Mykerinos, Menkheres
Greywacke statue of Menkaure Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Pharaoh
Reign	18 to 22 years,[1] starting c. 2530 BC
Predecessor	Khafre (most likely) or Bikheris
Successor	Shepseskaf
Royal titulary Horus name Hor-Kakhet ῌr-k3-ḫt Bull of the divine company Nebty name Ka-Nebty Nbt.j-k3 Bull of the two Ladies Golden Horus Netjer-bik-nebu Nṯr-bjk-nb.w The divine golden falcon Abydos King List Menkaure mn-kꜣ.w-rꜥ His Kas will stay like Ra Saqqara Tablet ...kaure ...kꜣ.w-rꜥ Nomen Menkaura mn-kꜣw-rꜥ His ka-souls will stay like Ra[1] Alternative spellings: mn-kꜣ(w)-rꜥ
Consort	Khamerernebty II, Rekhetre ?
Children	Khuenre, Shepseskaf, Khentkaus I ?, Sekhemre
Father	Khafre
Mother	Khamerernebty I
Born	2532 BC
Died	c. 2500 BC
Burial	Pyramid of Menkaure
Dynasty	Fourth Dynasty

Menkaure or Menkaura (Egyptian transliteration: mn-kꜣw-rꜥ) was a pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt during the Old Kingdom. He is well known under his Hellenized names Mykerinos (Ancient Greek: Μυκερῖνος, romanized: Mukerînos by Herodotus); in turn Latinized as Mycerinus, and Menkheres (Μεγχέρης, Menkhérēs by Manetho). According to Manetho, he was the throne successor of king Bikheris, but according to archaeological evidence, he was almost certainly the successor of Khafre. Africanus (from Syncellus) reports as rulers of the fourth dynasty Sôris, Suphis I, Suphis II, Mencherês (=Menkaure), Ratoisês, Bicheris, Sebercherês, and Thamphthis in this order.^[2] Menkaure became famous for his tomb, the Pyramid of Menkaure, at Giza and his statue triads, which showed him alongside the goddess Hathor and various regional deities.