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Menkauhor Kaiu, (in Greek known as Menkeris), was a Pharaoh of the Fifth dynasty during the Old Kingdom. His royal name or prenomen, Menkauhor, means as "Eternal are the Souls of Re."[1] The Turin King List assigns him 8 years of rule. He was the last pharaoh to build a sun temple--called Akhet-Re. His pyramid has not been discovered but contemporary records indicate it was either located at Dahshur or Saqqara, rather than Abusir.[1] He is, historically, the second most obscure 5th Dynasty ruler after the ephemeral Shepseskare, although a relief by an official named Tjutju shown adoring the king, one major quarry inscription at Wadi Maghara in the Sinai dated to his reign, a single seal bearing his name and a small alabaster statue prove his existence beyond doubt.[2]
Several Old Kingdom administrative records at Abusir indicate that Menkauhor finished his pyramid complex which was called Ntry-iswt-Mn-kw-hr while his funerary cult was still operational long after his death.[3]
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- ^ Peter Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs, Thames and Hudson, 1994. p.61
- ^ Miroslav Verner, Archaeological Remarks on the 4th and 5th Dynasty Chronology, Archiv Orientální, Volume 69: 2001, p.405
- ^ Verner, op. cit., p.405
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