Ruler
Menkaure
King of the Fourth Dynasty
c. 2532 – 2503 BCE
Approximate regnal dates after Shaw (2000).
Biography
Owner of the smallest of the three main Giza pyramids. His valley temple yielded some of the finest statues of the Old Kingdom.
Key facts
Certainty: Established
George Reisner’s expedition found Menkaure’s statues in his valley temple at Giza in the early twentieth century.
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston “King Menkaura and queen, accession 11.1738”
- Mark Lehner (1997) “The Complete Pyramids” Thames & Hudson, London