Neferirkare
Neferirkare( sometimes referred to as Neferirkare II because of Neferirkare Kakai) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Eighth Dynasty during the early First Intermediate Period( 2181–2055 BC).
According to the egyptologists Kim Ryholt, Jürgen von Beckerath and Darrell Baker he was the 17th and final king of the Eighth Dynasty.
Many scholars consider Neferirkare to have been the last pharaoh of the Old Kingdom, which came to an end with the 8th Dynasty.
Minnefer (vizier)
Minnefer( also Minufer) was an Ancient Egyptian official in the reign of king Nyuserre Ini.
He bears the titles of a vizier and was therefore the highest official at the royal court, second only to the king.
He was also" overseer of all royal works", a title often held by viziers.
Minnefer is known from different sources.
He is depicted in the funerary temple of king Nyuserre Ini at Abusir providing firm evidence for his dating under this king.
He is named on a short quarry- mark painted on a stone that was found in a wall around the pyramid complex of king Neferirkare Kakai.
He is mentioned in papyri found at Abusir, that dates under Djedkare Isesi.
He is also known from his sarcophagus that is now in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden.
His mastaba was found at Saqqara.
It is not yet published.
The quarry marks on the pyramid of Neferirkare Kakai indicate that he helped building his pyramid.
Neferirkare Kakai ruled before Nyuserre.
That means that Minnefer was either very long in office, or that the pyramid complex was finished under Nyuserre.
The reference under king Djedkare Isesi refers to a phyle( group of priests) named after Minnefer.
That might indicate that the vizier was later honored, perhaps with the cult of a statue.
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Khuwyptah
Khuwyptah was a High Priest of Ptah in Memphis from the reign of Neferirkare Kakai in the 5th dynasty.
Khuwyptah was the son of Kanefer and Tjentety.
A statue group of Kanefer, his wife Tjentety and their son Khuwyptah is in the Kimbell Art Museum.
Khuwyptah is shown leaning against his father's right leg.
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Neferirkare Kakai
Neferirkare Kakai (known in Greek as Nefercherês, Νεφερχέρης) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the third king of the Fifth Dynasty.
Neferirkare, the eldest son of Sahure with his consort Meretnebty, was known as Ranefer A before he came to the throne.
He acceded the day after his father's death and reigned for eight to eleven years, sometime in the early to mid-25th century BCE.
He was himself very likely succeeded by his eldest son, born of his queen Khentkaus II, the prince Ranefer B who would take the throne as king Neferefre.
Neferirkare fathered another pharaoh, Nyuserre Ini, who took the throne after Neferefre's short reign and the brief rule of the poorly known Shepseskare.
Neferirkare was acknowledged by his contemporaries as a kind and benevolent ruler, intervening in favour of his courtiers after a mishap.
His rule witnessed a growth in the number of administration and priesthood officials, who used their expanded wealth to build architecturally more sophisticated mastabas, where they recorded their biographies for the first time.
Neferirkare was the last pharaoh to significantly modify the standard royal titulary, separating the nomen or birth name, from the prenomen or throne name.
From his reign onwards, the former was written in a cartouche preceded by the "Son of Ra" epithet.
His rule witnessed continuing trade relations with Nubia to the south and possibly with Byblos on the Levantine coast to the north.
Neferirkare started a pyramid for himself in the royal necropolis of Abusir, called "Ba-Neferirkare" meaning "Neferirkare is a Ba".
It was initially planned to be a step pyramid, a form which had not been employed since the days of the Third Dynasty circa 120 years earlier.
This plan was modified to transform the monument into a true pyramid, the largest in Abusir, which was never completed owing to the death of the king.
In addition, Neferirkare built a temple to the sun god Ra called "Setibre",
that is "Site of the heart of Ra".
Ancient sources state that it was the largest one built during the Fifth Dynasty but as of the early 21st century
it has not yet been located.
After his death, Neferirkare benefited from a funerary cult taking place in his mortuary temple, which had been completed by his son Nyuserre Ini.
This cult seems to have disappeared at the end of the Old Kingdom period, although it might have been revived during the Twelfth Dynasty of the Middle Kingdom, albeit in a very limited form.
In all probability, it was also around this time that the story of the Papyrus Westcar was first written, a tale where Userkaf, Sahure and Neferirkare are said to be brothers, the sons of Ra with a woman Rededjet.
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Khentkaus I
Khentkaus I, also referred to as Khentkawes, was a royal woman who lived in ancient Egypt during the Fourth and the Fifth Dynasties.
She may have been a daughter of king Menkaure, the wife of both king Shepseskaf and king Userkaf (the founder of the Fifth Dynasty), the mother of king Sahure, and perhaps, in her own right, the king of Upper and Lower Egypt.
Her mastaba at Giza – tomb LG100 – is located very close to Menkaure's pyramid complex.
This close connection may point to a family relationship.
Although the relationship is not clear, the proximity of the pyramid complex of Khentkaus to that of king Menkaure has led to the conjecture that she may have been his daughter.
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Question: Who is the maternal grandfather of Neferirkare Kakai?
Answer: Menkaure