Chufu night

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Chufu night in hieroglyphics
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Chufu-night
Ḫwfw-nḫt
Cheops is strong

Chufu-Nacht , also called Chufunacht , is the name of an ancient Egyptian official in the 4th Dynasty during the Old Kingdom . He was the son of Prince Wepemneferet and Princess Neferetiabet and thus grandson of King ( Pharaoh ) Cheops . Chufu-Nacht was buried in the mastaba G 1205 in the central cemetery of the pyramid necropolis of Giza .

literature

  • Daniel Polz (author), Rainer Stadelmann , Heike Guksch (editor): Stations: Contributions to the cultural history of Egypt: Dedicated to Rainer Stadelmann . von Zabern, Mainz 1998, ISBN 3-8053-2526-6 , pp. 125-127.
  • John Romer: The Great Pyramid: Ancient Egypt Revisited . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2007, ISBN 0-521-87166-2 , p. 83.
  • Laurel Flentye: The Mastabas of Anhk-haf (G 7510) and Akhethetep and Meretites (G 7650) at Giza: A Reassessment . In: Zahi Hawass , Janet Richards: The Archeology and Art of Ancient Egypt - Essays in Honor of David B. O'Connor. Volume 1. Conseil suprême des antiquités de l'Égypte, Le Caire 2007, ISBN 977-437-241-7 , p. 298.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hermann Ranke : The Egyptian personal names . Vol. 1, Augustin, Glückstadt 1935, p. 268, No. 8, ( online as a PDF file ).
personal data
SURNAME Chufu night
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient egyptian prince
DATE OF BIRTH 26th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 26th century BC Chr.