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[QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness,: [QB] . Old Kingdom, 5th, 4th dyn [b]Neferefre[/b] [IMG]http://www.nemo.nu/ibisportal/0egyptintro/3egypt/3sidor/3bilder/3reneferef.jpg[/IMG] Neferefre (also called Raneferef) was a Pharaoh of Egypt during the Fifth dynasty. His name means "Beautiful is Re" in Egyptian. Neferefre was born as the son of the successor Neferirkare and his spouse queen Khentkaus II. Neferirkare's successor Niuserre was Neferefre's brother. It is unknown whether Neferefre had any children or wives. A limestone relief from Abusir confirms that Neferefre's name as crown prince was Ranefer, until he changed it in the course of his accession. [b]Snofru-nefer[/b] [IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8251/8645669059_3daf6783c3_z.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/images/KhM/_250/7506.jpg[/IMG] Snofru-nefer was the principal singer and the overseer of amusements at the royal court, late 5th dynasty. [b]Pepi I[/b], copper [IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wD0ZBJVVYkY/UAGToDJ7cMI/AAAAAAAAAU4/fwPxBqsbIGI/s1600/Pepi+I,+M.Egipcio+El+Cairo3.jpg[/IMG] Two copper statues of Pepi I and his son Merenre were found at Hierakonpolis; they are thought to depict the two royals symbolically "trampling underfoot the Nine bows," a stylized representation of Egypt's conquered foreign subjects. These rare statues were found in one of the underground stores of the temple of Nekhen "together with a statue of king Khasekhemwy (Second Dynasty) and a terracota lion cub made during the Thinite era." The most common hypothesis among Egyptologists is that the athletic young man in the smaller statue was Merenre "who was publicly associated as his father's successor on the occasion of the Jubilee. The placement of his copper effigy inside that of his father would therefore reflect the continuity of the royal succession and the passage of the royal sceptre from father to son before the death of the pharaoh could cause a dynastic split." More recently, however, it has been suggested that the smaller statue is in fact that "of a more youthful Pepy I, reinvigorated by the celebration of the Jubilee ceremonies." Pepi I was a prolific builder who ordered extensive construction projects in Upper Egypt at Dendera, Abydos, Elephantine and Hierakonpolis. [IMG]http://cdn2.brooklynmuseum.org/images/opencollection/objects/size3/39.121_detail_SL1.jpg[/IMG] Kneeling Statuette of Pepy I Almost any temple sculpture could serve as a cult statue, but the Egyptians only placed the most important cult images—as we believe this one of Pepy I to have been—in a temple's innermost room. [b]Merenre Nemtyemsaf I[/b] (or young Pepi I, his father), copper[URL=http://www.ephotobay.com/share/merenre.html] [IMG]http://www.ephotobay.com/image/merenre.png[/IMG][/URL] Merenre Nemtyemsaf I (reigned 2283-2278 BC) was the fourth king of the Sixth dynasty of Egypt. [b]Khafre (Chephren)[/b] [IMG]http://www.cristoraul.com/ENGLISH/readinghall/UniversalHistory/THE_OLD_WORLD/EGYPT/Breadstead/icons/Khafre_statue.jpg[/IMG] Khafra (also read as Khafre, Khefren and Chephren) was an ancient Egyptian king (pharaoh) of 4th dynasty during the Old Kingdom. Khafra was the builder of the second largest pyramid of Giza. Some of the egyptologists also credit him with the building of the Great Sphinx, but this is highly disputed. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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