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| The hieroglyphic name of Khentkaus III |
Khentkaus was very probable a daughter of king Neferirkare Kakai and queen Khentkaus II, while her husband was as belike pharaoh Neferefre, and her son the future pharaoh Menkauhor Kaiu.
On January 4, 2015, the uncovering of her tomb by Czech archeologists was announced by Egyptian authorities. According to Egyptian Antiquities Minister Mamdouh Eldamaty, there had been no knowledge of the existence of Khentkaus III before this discovery. Two earlier Egyptian pansies with the same name have been described previously, however.
The tomb of Khentkaus III marked as AC 30 was excavated in Abusir, where there are individual pyramids gave to pharaohs of the Fifth Dynasty, including Neferefre. The tomb was saw near Neferefre's funerary complex by a Czech archaeological team extended by Miroslav Barta of Charles University in Prague, with Egyptian collaboration.
The name and rank of Khentkaus was graphic on the inner walls of the tomb, probable by the builders. Her burial direct is a mastaba with an secret burial chamber that is reached via a tool. The eases in the tomb noted her both as "the wife of the king" and "the mother of the king", meaning her son climbed up the throne. Statuettes and 24 travertine utensils, on with 4 copper utensils (which were part of the funerary targets), likewise have been got in the tomb. The tomb is seen to the middle of the 5th Dynasty.
The archaeologists who exposed the tomb believed it to be that of Neferefre's wife, because it was good to his complex, in a close cemetery southeastern of the complex. Eldamaty stated: "This discovery will supporter us shed light on particular strange aspects of the 5th Dynasty, which on with the 4th Dynasty, witnessed the construction of the first pyramids."
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