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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Husbands and wives of the great Pharaohs




I found many of us do not know the couples or husbands and wives in the Pharaohs’ history, so I wanted to collect some of them in one article.

Khufu and Meritites The First

Khufu
[ Koo-foo in English] was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom from around 2589 to 2566 BC. Khufu was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty. He is generally accepted as being the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza which is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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 Pharaoh Khufu

Meritites 
Her name means "Beloved of her Father" She was a daughter of King Sneferu.
Mariette recorded a stela at Giza in which Meritites is said to be a favorite of both Sneferu and Khufu. Meritites was buried in the middle Queen's Pyramid in Giza.




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Khafra and Meresankh III

Khafra:
According to some authors he was the son and successor of Khufu. 
He is like Khufu refers to a block cipher. He had his capital at Memphis. Khafre was the builder of the second largest pyramid in the Giza Necropolis complex .His name, Khaf-Ra, means Appearing like Ra
He had two chief wives Meresankh III whose mastaba tomb is located at Giza and Queen Khamaerernebty I who was the mother of his successor, Menkaura..
To read more about Khafra please visit Khafra in this blog.



Khafra 

Meresankh III

Meresankh III:  
She was the wife of the pharaoh Khafra and a granddaughter of the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu. Her parents were brother and sister [ Hetepheres II and Prince Kawab ]. She had married the pharaoh Khafra of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt and bore him four sons and one daughter. 
To read more about Meresankh III please visit Meresankh The Third in this blog.




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Menkaure  and Queen Khamerernebty II


Menkaure
He had ordered the construction of the third and smallest of the Pyramids of Giza. His name means "Eternal like the Souls of Re". He was the successor of Khafra. He was the son of Khafra and the grandson of Khufu.
 Menkaure is thought to have had at least two wives Queen Khamerernebty II and Queen Rekhetre

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Menkaure  and Queen Khamerernebty II


 Queen Khamerernebty II 
Khamerernebty II was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 4th dynasty. She was a daughter of Pharaoh Khafra and Queen Khamerernebty I. She married her brother Menkaure and she was a mother of Prince Khuenre.
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Ramesses The Second  and Nefertari


Ramesses II
(Reigned 1279 BCE to 1213 BCE - also known as Ramesses the Great .It is also written Ramses and Rameses. He was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as Egypt's greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh. 
To read more about the Great King please visit Ramesses The Second 


Ramesses the Great 

Queen Nefertari
Nefertari was one of the Great Royal Wives of Ramesses the Great and known as Nefertari Merytmut.
She is one of the best known Egyptian queens, next to Cleopatra, Nefertiti and Hatshepsut.
 Her reach decorated tomb is the largest and most spectacular in the Valley of the Queens.

Goddess Isis is giving an Ankh to Nefertari.
Goddess Isis is giving an Ankh to Nefertari.

In the picture of the card Goddess Isis is giving an Ankh to Nefertari.
The Ankh is the key of life, or the key of Nile it is the symbol of life.
It represents the male and the female unit, under a decent form.


To read more about Nefertary please visit Queen Nefertari in this blog . 


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Akhenaten and Nefertiti

Akhenaten
Known also as Ikhnaton; meaning Effective spirit of Aten was known before the fifth year of his reign as Amenhotep IV [ Amenhotep the fourth [meaning Amun is Satisfied ]. He was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt.
He is one of the most important Pharaohs in the ancient Egypt.He is especially noted for attempting to compel the Egyptian population in the monotheistic worship of Aten.
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Nefertiti 
Ikhnaton












Nefertiti
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD 
She was the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten .Nefertiti had many titles as, Sweet of Love ,Lady of The Two Lands, Main King ’s Wife, his beloved , Lady of all Women , and Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt . 
To read more about her please visit Queen Nefertiti in this blog .  


I WILL COLLECT SOME MORE IN NEXT POST .
THANKS 
MR

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