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Tomb Of Queen Hetepheres I
The Tomb of Hetepheres I (also ''G 7000x'') is an Ancient Egyptian shaft tomb at Giza Governorate, Giza. It is part of the Giza pyramid complex, Eastern Cemetery of the Great Pyramid of Giza (Necropolis G 7000) and is located near the northeast corner of the northern pyramid of Queen Great Pyramid of Giza, G I-a. The Egyptian queen Hetepheres I was the mother of Khufu and probably the wife of Sneferu. The tomb was discovered in 1925 by the staff of Egyptology, Egyptologist George Andrew Reisner. A shaft, more than 27 meters deep, leads to a chamber that still contains large parts of the queen's burial objects. The organic material of the finds had already decomposed, leaving only dust and tiny fragments. Through painstaking work, many of the objects could be reconstructed. The tomb became famous for the style and richness of the royal grave furnishings. It is the best-preserved tomb of a queen of the Old Kingdom. However, the tomb was not dug up. The alabaster sarcophagus was fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hetepheres I
Hetepheres I () was a queen of Egypt during the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt who was a wife of one king, the mother of the next king, the grandmother of two more kings, and the figure who tied together two dynasties. Biography Hetepheres I may have been a wife of King Sneferu, and was the mother of King Khufu and grandmother of king Khafre. It is possible that Hetepheres had been a minor wife of Sneferu and only rose in prominence after her son ascended the throne. She was the grandmother of two kings, Djedefre and Khafre, and of queen Hetepheres II. Her titles include: King's Mother (''Mut-nisut, mwt- nswt''), Mother of the King of the Two Lands (''Mut-nisut-biti, mwt- nswt- bjtj''), Attendant of Horus (''Khet-heru, ḫt- hrw''), and God's Daughter of his body (''Zat-netjer-net-khetef,'' '' zꜣt- nṯr- nt- ẖt .f'').Grajetzki, ''Ancient Egyptian Queens – a hieroglyphic dictionary'', London, 2011. The marriage of Hetepheres I to Snefru solidified his rise to the throne. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
