The names of Khufu and Djedefre were inscribed in gneiss quarries in the Western Desert 65 km to the northwest of Abu Simbel; objects dated to the reigns of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure have been uncovered at Byblos.
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Sneferu, the first king of Dynasty IV, is given the credit of completing the first true pyramid, known as the Red Pyramid, after he built and abandoned the Bent Pyramid and probably after he finished the Meidum Pyramid.
Perdu published a recently discovered donation stela which came from a private collection; the document is dated to Year 2 of Necho I of Sais and is similar in style, epigraphy and text with the donation stela of Shepsesre.
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An example of conflicting evaluations for a reign duration via cattle count is the case of king Khufu (4th dynasty).
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 (Merytiotes, Meritetes) or Meritites A ("beloved of her father") was a 4th dynasty Princess of Ancient Egypt, and likely a daughter of King Khufu.
The Old Kingdom and its royal power reached a zenith under the Fourth Dynasty (2613–2494 BC), which began with Sneferu (2613–2589 BC).
Bakenranef, known by the ancient Greeks as Bocchoris, a king of the Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt.
His international team currently runs the Giza Plateau Mapping Project, excavating and mapping the ancient city of the builders of the Giza pyramid complex, which dates to the fourth dynasty of Egypt.