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'''Bik-nub''' Snefru accessed November 18, 2006
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'''Neb-maat'''
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2613 BC to 2589 BC <br>29 years in Manetho
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Huni
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Khufu
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Hetepheres I
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Khufu
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4th Dynasty
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Huni
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Meresankh I
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2589 BC
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, also spelt as '''Snefru''' or '''Snofru''' (in
Greek known as '''Soris'''), was the founder of the
Fourth Dynasty Of Egypt , reigning from around
2613 BC to
2589 BC .
He was married to
Hetepheres I who is thought to have been the daughter of his predecessor
Huni . His father-in-law may also have been his father. According to this theory, Huni fathered Hetepheres from a wife and Sneferu from a
Concubine . Thus the marriage was what allowed Sneferu to inherit the throne.
Sneferu and Hetepheres were the parents of Egypt's most famous
Pyramid builder,
Khufu . Sneferu was actually more prolific than his heir, being responsible first for completing the pyramid of Huni at
Meidum , transforming it from a
Step Pyramid to a true pyramid, the first of its kind. He then went on to build his own step pyramid there. These were followed by the famous
Bent Pyramid at
Dahshur , and finally, the
Red Pyramid . A small pyramid at
Seila , near Meidum, is also believed to have been built at his command. While the pyramids built under Sneferu are individually smaller than the
Great Pyramid of
Khufu , the total volume of stone used in Sneferu's monuments is the largest of all
Pharaoh s.
of Sneferu]]
Despite the construction of such monuments, relatively little is known about his reign. From an inscription on the
Palermo Stone , it is evident that the
Egyptian s had already begun to import high-quality woods from abroad, as the inscription states that King Sneferu sent forty ships to acquire
Cedar from
Lebanon . It is also known that he built boats used to transport goods and for military purposes to such places as the
Sinai ,
Nubia , and
Libya . Some of the court life from that time is evoked in the
Westcar Papyrus , written sometime during the
Middle Kingdom Of Egypt . Tradition ascribes that Sneferu was a wise and just ruler. Indeed, his reign was regarded in later years as something of a golden age. Clearly, his lifetime marked some kind of watershed in Egyptian history, as the dramatic expansion of pyramid-building seems to imply.
- Anderson, Julie. 1999. "Furniture of the Old Kingdom". in ''Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids'', The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Leclant, Jean. 1999. "A Brief History of the Old Kingdom". in ''Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids'', The Metropolitan Museum of Art
