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unusual facts about 4th Dynasty



Cattle count

An example of conflicting evaluations for a reign duration via cattle count is the case of king Khufu (4th dynasty).

Colin Reader

He suggested on the basis of weathering evidence that the Sphinix is older than its commonly accepted 4th dynastic date and instead it and two other buildings on the Giza Plaeau date to the early dynastic or late predynastic period.

Kanefer

If Kanefer does date to the 4th dynasty and is a son of Sneferu, he may have followed his brother Nefermaat I in office as vizier and served during the latter part of Sneferu's reign.

Meritites II

Meritites II (Merytiotes, Meritetes) or Meritites A ("beloved of her father") was a 4th dynasty Princess of Ancient Egypt, and likely a daughter of King Khufu.

Prisse Papyrus

The papyrus document contains the last two pages of the Instructions of Kagemni, who purportedly served under the 4th Dynasty king Snefru, and is a compilation of moral maxims and admonitions on the practice of virtue.


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Something Fresh

Peters shows him the most precious piece in his collection: a 4th dynasty Cheops.

Sphinx water erosion hypothesis

Recent studies by German climatologists Rudolph Kuper and Stefan Kröpelin, of the University of Cologne suggest the change from a wet to a much drier climate may have occurred as much as 500 years later than currently thought, coming to an end, they contend, around 3,500-1,500 B.C. Egyptologist Mark Lehner believes this climate change may have been responsible for the severe weathering found on the Sphinx and other sites of the 4th Dynasty.