Raemka (Raemkai, Remkuy) () was an

ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...

ian prince of the Fifth Dynasty. He was buried in tomb 80 in

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and was possibly a son of

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Menkauhor Kaiu Menkauhor Kaiu (also known as Ikauhor and in Ancient Greek, Greek as Mencherês, Μεγχερῆς; died 2414 BC) was an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh, king of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Old Kingdom period. He was the seventh ruler of the Fifth Dynas ...

and Queen Meresankh IV.Dodson, Hilton, ''The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt'', 2004 Raemkaʻs tomb was originally excavated by

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. The tomb is listed as D3 in ''Mastabas''. One of the chambers from the tomb was acquired by the

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. The chamber is decorated with hunting scenes, agricultural scenes and depictions of a statue being transported.''The bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art'', Volumes 3-4, (New York, N.Y.) 1908

References

{{Reflist Princes of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt 3rd-millennium BC births 3rd-millennium BC deaths