Ankhmare was an ancient Egyptian prince and vizier of the

4th Dynasty The Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty IV) is characterized as a "golden age" of the Old Kingdom of Egypt. Dynasty IV lasted from to 2494 BC. It was a time of peace and prosperity as well as one during which trade with other ...

. His titles include ''king's eldest son of his body'' (''sA-nswt n Xt=f''), as well as ''chief justice'' and ''vizier'' (''smsw tAjtj sAb TAtj''). Ankhmare was a son of Pharaoh

Khafre Khafre (also read as Khafra and gr, Χεφρήν Khephren or Chephren) was an ancient Egyptian King (pharaoh) of the 4th Dynasty during the Old Kingdom. He was the son of Khufu and the successor of Djedefre. According to the ancient historia ...

and was named after the god Ra.Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004.

Titles

His titles include:Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 6: 1934-1935. Part 3: The Mastabas of the Sixth Season and their Description. Cairo: Government Press, 1950.; obtained fro
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* Hereditary prince, count, the eldest King's son of his body * Chief Ritualist of His Father * Chief justice and vizier * Treasurer of his father, the King of

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Tomb

Ankhmare's tomb is G 8460, located in the Central Field, which is part of the Giza Necropolis.Giza pyramids by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The entrance leads to a rock-cut chapel. Two pillars divide the chapel into two parts. In the area behind the pillars three burial shafts are dug into the floor. * Shaft no 1350 contained a skeleton. Foot prints of a man and a boy were found in the area around the body. These presumably belonged to the grave robbers who violated the burial chamber in antiquity. * Shaft no 1351 was a simple pit. * Shaft no 1352 contained a limestone

sarcophagus A sarcophagus (plural sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a box-like funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. The word ''sarcophagus'' comes from the Greek ...

which was placed against the west wall.

Sources

{{reflist Princes of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt Viziers of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt Khafre