Architect Hemiunu
Architect Hemiunu | Facts of the most famous Old Kingdom Architects, Secrets and history

Architect Hemiunu – Egyptian Pharaohs

Facts of the most famous architects throughout the history of the Pharaonic civilization, who built the Great Pyramid of Giza within The Pyramids of Giza in Cairo. To discover the secrets and history of who built the Great Pyramid in the ancient Pharaonic civilization of Egypt, and more to discover The Secrets of Pyramid Construction.

Architect Hemiunu Facts

The architect Ham Iono Ka was among the ministers in the royal court. The engineer was a minister during the reign of King Khufu, the most famous Egyptian Pharaohs kings of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt in Old Kingdom of Egypt. The engineer held a number of titles, including “Director of the King’s Construction Works,” and he was also responsible for building the Great Pyramid of Khufu. Find out more information about it below.

His name is Ham Iono or from Iono, and his name means servant of Iono, and Iono is the name of the capital of ancient Egypt, “the city of Heliopolis,” which was the center of worship of the sun god, God Ra, the most famous ancient Egyptian deities in the Ancient Egyptian religion.“.

There is no evidence of his entire family, but there are Pharaonic Egyptian Monuments that indicate that his father is Prince Nefer Maat, and he is buried in the cemetery of Midoun..

Egyptologists disagreed about the fact that grandfather is King Sneferu, with some scholars suggesting that perhaps King Huni of the Third Dynasty of Egypt is his grandfather..

The tomb of Ham-Iuno was found in Mastaba C in the tomb complex located to the west of the Great Pyramid.

A statue of Ham Iono was also found. The size of the statue was larger than Iono’s natural size, indicating the development of Sculpture in Ancient Egypt. The statue was made of limestone, the most famous ancient Egyptian stones and minerals “Ancient Egyptian Metallurgy“..

The statue is currently located in the Romo Belizius Museum in Hildesheim, Germany.

 

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As we mentioned, he was the one supervising the construction of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, and the engineer was aware that this pyramid was the largest in Egypt, but he was not aware that it would remain for up to 4,500 years..

Due to the high precision and skill in making the pyramid, some believed for a long time that the pyramid was built by aliens.

The pyramid was built to a height of 146 meters, and there are stones in the pyramid, some of which weighed 6 million tons..

The city in which the engineer was born is Heliopolis, which is said to be the city of God Ra, so some say that the engineer’s high mastery is attributed to him.

The statue was discovered by architect Ham Iono in 1912 AD, but was smuggled to Germany.

A manuscript of his was also found, which proves that he was the engineer supervising the work of the Great Pyramid.

His statue is carved from white limestone and depicts the engineer sitting.

The engineer was not only a minister, but he was also the supervisor of the royal clerks and was the spokesman for the city of B, which today means that he was a member of parliament..

Note: Facts and secrets of the history of the Pharaoh kings will be added soon…

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Architect Hemiunu | Facts of the most famous Old Kingdom Architects, Secrets and history
Architect Hemiunu | Facts of the most famous Old Kingdom Architects, Secrets and history

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