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| Granite head of King Djedefre |
King Djedefre was the third Pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty and ruled the country from 2528 BC to 2520 BC. He was the son of King Khufu from one of his microscopic wives, and killed his own brother, Prince Kewab, who was the true successor to the throne. He married Hetepheres , who was the widow woman of his murdered brother. His chief wife was Kentetenka. His pyramid was learned at Abu Rowash in Giza. Kheops was followed by Djedefre, his oldest surviving son. The mother of Djedefre is unknown. He married his (half-) sister Hetepheres II, which whitethorn have been to legitimise his needs to the
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| Cartouche of King Djedefre |
He was the first king to use the title "Son of Re" as part of his titular which is seen as an meter reading of the raising popularity of the cult of the solar god Re. He continued the move north by building his incomplete pyramid at Abu Rawash, some 8 km to the North of Giza. It is the northern Most part of the Memphite cemetery. Djedefre was the third king of the 4th Dynasty and governed the country from 2528 BC to 2520 BC. He was the son of Khufu from one of his Small wives, and killed his own brother, Prince Kewab, who was the rightful heir to the throne. He married Hetepheres , who was the widow of his late brother. His chief wife was Kentetenka. His pyramid was discovered at Abu Rowash in Giza. Khufu was succeeded by his latest son Djedefre. He married his half sister Hetepheres II, in all probability to get a claim to the throne since his mother was one of his father's secondary wives whose name is not known.
Beside his half sister Djedefre besides had different wives, and with one of them, Khentet-en-ka, he had leastways 3 sons, Setka, Baka and Hernet and one daughter girl, Neferhetepes. The Turin King-list credits him with a rule of 8 years which is in line with the appraisals made by the Egyptologists today. He was the first Pharaoh to role the title "Son of Re" among his others, which is seen as an indication of the growing popularity of the cult of the solar god Re from Heliopolis. This god had passed in a king's figure already in the second dynasty (Nebre/Reneb). He moved north to build his pyramid, to Abu Rawash, some 8 km to the north of Giza, and the grounds can be that there was no particular area forgot at the site. He named it "The pyramid is a Sehedu-star". The tomb was unfinished when he died and today its groundwork is dug out to get excess for visitors.
The pyramid area was closed by a wall and at the NW corner a smaller satellite pyramid was developed, likely for the king's first queen. The work stopped when nearly 20 courses were in set, and some casing of granite is still on the spot. What sort of pyramid it was supposed to be is not clear and the constructed angle obtained by positioning case blocks i place says that it was far steeper than the pyramids at Giza. One theory is that he had a step pyramid in brain, or a mastaba. Estimations of the height so varies from 57 to 67 metres calculated by help from the base side that is identified by its length - 106 m. A causeway taking down to the Nile, a plastic of 1.700 meters, is going in the direction northwest by the memorial due to the topography. It's still total in some sections and partly he,wn out straightaway from the rock and coming 10-12 metres above the surround. His mortuary temple lay at the south side of the pyramid and was a social system of brick possibly lonely when the king died, and not implied as a shrine from the appears of it. At the side was a pit for a funeral boat but like his father had at Giza. The wonder why he moved from Giza has been debated and one theory is that he came smaller to Heliopolis on the other side of the River Nile. A feud within the family about the successiveness has besides been put forward, but this has not been shown in any way. Looking at his face (if it's a portrait) he has alike smells as his kid brother who grown the next pharaoh.
