Prince Rahotep and his wife Neferet “Female Pharaohs” Find out who is the military leader of the Egyptian army in Ancient Egypt, the older brother of King Sneferu from Old Kingdom of Egypt, and its Pharaonic Egyptian Antiquities in Egypt Archaeological Sites and more about Ancient Egypt History.
Prince Rahotep Facts:
- He is the older brother King Sneferu “Egyptian Pharaohs kings” from Fourth Dynasty of Egypt Pharaonic era The Old Kingdom of Pharaonic Egypt.
- He was handsome, energetic, with a distinctive mustache, sleek black hair, and a strong, muscular body and share in Ancient Egyptian Government.
- He was a leader The army in ancient Egypt He carried out many military campaigns to protect Egypt’s southern, eastern, and western borders.
- His tomb was built in the Meidum area next to the pyramidal group such as Bent Pyramid and Red Pyramid Leaning Pyramid and the royal palaces of King Senefru.
Prince Rahotep received many titles, including:
- The title of the chief seer of Heliopolis was “the chief priest of the temple of the god Ra.”
- Supervisor of the army.
Nubia campaigns:
The military leader Rahotep carried out many military campaigns south Ancient Egypt Until he reached the area of the first gondola on the Nile River as in Geography of ancient Egypt, he was distinguished by intelligence and military cunning until he defeated Nubians about 7,000 men and women were captured, in addition to the large war spoils of more than 2,000 heads of cattle and sheep.
Prisoners from wars were used to serve the construction of buildings and royal palaces for the kings of the Fourth Dynasty, especially King Sneferu, who was the founder of the Egyptian Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egyptian civilization.
Statue of Prince Rahotep and his wife Neferet:
King Sneferu ordered the carving of a huge statue of limestone as a reward to Prince Rahotep as his efforts in wars against enemies to protect the borders of ancient Egypt.
The statue was placed in Tomb of Prince Rahotep and Nofret in Saqqara, it is preserved and is now displayed in its full quality Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square “Museums in Cairo“.
It was completed Sculpture the statue is of high precision, as you find the face sculpted and colored like the real thing, with bright colors and maintaining its quality until now to indicate the development of Sculpture in Ancient Egypt.
The story of the discovery of the tomb:
There was a funny incident of the cleaning worker, who was excavating and cleaning the tomb “Egyptian Tombs“, until his eyes fell on the statue with the light of the lamp. He thought it was the Curse of the Pharaohs He fainted for a short time and then returned to work.
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