Minkhaf I was an

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ian prince of the 4th Dynasty. He was a son of Pharaoh

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, half-brother of Pharaoh

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and elder brother of Pharaoh Khafre., p. 60 His mother may have been Queen Henutsen.Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, ''Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs, and Paintings'' Volume III: Memphis, Part I Abu Rawash to Abusir. 2nd edition; revised and augmented by Dr Jaromir Malek, 1974. Retrieved from gizapyramids.org Minkhaf had a wife and at least one son, but their names are not known. Minkhaf served as

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possibly under Khufu or Khafre.

Tomb

Minkhaf was buried in the double

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numbered G 7430-7440 in the East Field, which is part of the Giza Necropolis. The construction of the mastaba started during the reign of his father Khufu.George A. Reisner, ''A History of the Giza Necropolis I'', Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1942, pp. 70–74, Retrieved fro
Giza Digital Library: History of the Giza Necropolis Series
The mastaba contained an interior chapel and an exterior chapel consisting of four rooms. One of the rooms was built to house at least four statues. The niches were large enough to hold standing statues and the niches were inscribed with Minkhaf's name and titles. Two burial shafts were found, labeled G 7430 A and G 7430 B. Shaft G 7430 A contained Minkhaf's sarcophagus which was found in a coffin pit located on the western side of the burial chamber. A canopic pit where the

Canopic jar Canopic jars are funerary vessels that were used by the Ancient Egypt, ancient Egyptians to house embalmed organs that were removed during the mummification process. They also served to store and preserve the viscera of their soul for the afterl ...

s would have been stored was located in the south-east corner of the burial chamber. Shaft G 7430 B belonged to Minkhaf's wife, but the structure was unfinished and appears to not have been used.George A. Reisner and William Stevenson Smith, ''A History of the Giza Necropolis II'', Appendix B: Cemetery 7000 by George Reisner, Harvard University Press, 1955, pp. 45-5
Appendix B: Cemetery 7000 by George Reisner
/ref> Minkhaf's sarcophagus is now in the

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{{Reflist Princes of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt Viziers of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt Children of Khufu