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king Userkaf Facts
Ruled Reign period Ancient Egyptian Government: 2496–2491 BC
Mother: Queen Khentkaus I It has the Tomb of Queen Khentkaus I, the Pyramid of Khentkaus I in Giza.
Wife: Queen Neferhetepes “Female Pharaohs“.
Children: King Sahure has the Pyramid of Sahure within the group of AbuSir Pyramids, Khamaat.
The Discovery – Egyptian Antiquities :
A cylinder seal, a stone vessel, a piece of an alabaster statue, the Pyramid of Userkaf in Saqqara, the Funerary Sun Temple of Userkaf, the most important funerary Mortuary Temples in the pyramids of Abu Sir, a bust of the God Neith “Egyptian deities” made of gray stone, the most famous Ancient Egyptian Metallurgy, and indicates the development of the art of Sculpture in Ancient Egypt in its era. A statue of the king’s head made of pink granite, the Temple of God Montu within the Karnak Temple complex, the most famous Egyptian Temples for offering religious rituals to the ancient Egyptian gods according to the religion of the ancient Egyptians, the Temple of Al-Toud in Luxor.
king Userkaf is the king who was one of the ancient pharaohs in ancient Egypt and is at the same time the founding king of the Fifth Dynasty.
king Userkaf had ruled Egypt for approximately seven to eight years, and his rule of Egypt continued until the early period in the twenty-fifth century, of course, BC, and it was during the period that belongs to the era of the Old Kingdom.
Historical scholars also believe that he may have come from one of the branches that belonged to the royal family that was under the rule of King Sneferu of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt.
King Userkaf had only one daughter, and perhaps Egyptologists believe that he was a son and not a daughter, as his name is Sahure, and that child was from his wife or consort, Neferhetepes, and then Fad was succeeded after that by the son, who assumed the throne of power.
Period of rule
- In fact, as we mentioned, his basic origin and where he comes from is not completely known, but it is possible that he is a member of the kings of the Fourth Dynasty.
- The period of his rule in the country also witnessed a major emergence of the worship of a number of ancient Egyptian gods and religious beliefs, the most important of which is the god Ra, who after that in other eras actually became the god of the state, especially in taking over the rule of Egypt during the periods of rule in the era of the Fifth Dynasty.
- It is also common that King Alef Auni Userkaf may have been the son of one of the people who were high priests of the god Ra, before he assumed power and the throne in Egypt.
- Since he had already built an ancient temple to worship the sun God Ra, that temple was known at that time as the Temple of We-Ra, and that temple was actually located today between both the villages of Abu Sir and the village of Abu Ghurab, located in Egypt.
Archaeological Buildings:
- In fact, in ancient times, king Userkaf had built a Pharaonic pyramid in the Saqqara region, which was close to the construction area of the Pyramid of Djoser, next to The Southern Tomb in King Djoser funeral complex.
- It is the same site in which architects at that time had previously been forced to build and work one of the funerary temples in order to be at the same time the one associated with the pyramid, whoever built it in a situation that was considered by all standards unusual or contrary, and it was built in a specific place or something. In the south of the pyramid, it indicates the development of Ancient Egyptian science and Astronomy in ancient Egypt.
- Also, the pyramid that he built was considered very much smaller and different from all those The Pyramids of Giza (Great Pyramid of Giza by King Khufu, Pyramid of Khafre by King Khafre, Pyramid of Menkaure by King Menkaure, The Sphinx of Giza) that had been built before during the reign of the kings of the Fourth Dynasty.
- In addition, king Userkaf had built both his pyramid and his temple, as Userkaf had previously built a pyramid for him that was considered almost much smaller than the pyramid, and he had built it to be for one of his queens, which Egyptology and historical scholars consider to be Neferhetepes.
Who built the pyramid of Userkaf?
- The height of the pyramid, which was originally built by the king Userkaf, was approximately 17 meters, equivalent to (56 feet).
- The core of the main pyramid of Userkaf and the place of worship were built in the same pyramid with almost the same technique.
- We thought that it consisted of approximately three layers, but they were horizontal layers built of rocks made of a distinctive limestone material called gypsum mortar.
- The core of that pyramid was previously covered at the time of its construction, and until strange leaks, with an outer cover that was made of limestone, but the soft kind, but in our day this insulation has been removed.
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