Hekenuhedjet

Hekenuhedjet (actually Hekenu-hedjet ) is the name of an ancient Egyptian queen who was the third wife of King ( Pharaoh ) Chephren in the 4th Dynasty during the Old Kingdom . She carried royal titles such as " Royal Wife ", " Who sees Horus and Seth ". “ Who is great at Hetes sceptres ” and “ Priestess of Bapef ”. She is pictured in the mastaba of her son, Prince Sechemkare . It is not known where the queen herself was buried.

literature

Michel Baud : Famille royale et pouvoir sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien. Tome 2 (= Bibliothèque d'Étude. Volume 126/2). Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo 1999, ISBN 2-7247-0250-6 , p. 531 ( PDF; 16.7 MB ).
Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt . Thames & Hudson, London 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3 , p. 57.
Wolfram Grajetzki: Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary . Golden House Publications, London, 2005, ISBN 978-0-9547218-9-3 .
Michael Haase : A place for eternity. The pyramid complex of Cheops from a structural, architectural and cultural-historical point of view . von Zabern, Mainz 2004, ISBN 3-8053-3105-3 .
Zahi Hawass : The Programs of the Royal Funerary Complexes of the Fourth Dynasty. In: David O'Connor, David P. Silverman: Ancient Egyptian Kingship. Brill, Leiden 1995, ISBN 9004100415 .
Silke Roth: The royal mothers of ancient Egypt from the early days to the end of the 12th dynasty (= Egypt and Old Testament , Volume 46). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3447043687 .
Joyce A. Tyldesley : Chronicle of the queens of Egypt: from early dynastic times to the death of Cleopatra . Thames & Hudson, London 2006, ISBN 0500051453 , pp. 45 & 46ff.

personal data
SURNAME	Hekenuhedjet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Queen of the ancient Egyptian 4th Dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	27th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	26th century BC Chr.