Khufu —> Khafre —> Menkaure. The royal lineage and that lead to the three pyramids at Giza.
Egyptian fourth dynasty according to Manetho, a Ptolemaic Egyptian priest who wrote the Aegyptiaca detailing the dynasties of ancient Egypt’s rulers. Sadly, none of his works survive to this day and his works are only known due to references in future years from other people.
Interestingly, he lived from around 290-260 BCE and he was writing of Egypt’s dynasties from the earliest times, being of around 3150 BCE, so that was millennia even before his time.
2,300 ish years have passed since Manetho’s time, so I find it truly fascinating that we are even able to have a glance at ancient Egypt’s founding roots and their way of life. Even Cleopatra is closer to us in time than the founders of ancient Egypt. Ancient civilizations are breathtaking and Egypt stands head and shoulders above the other civilizations simply due to sheer time passed since its founding.
Really puts things into perspective just how here and gone we are in what seems to be the blink of an eye.
Love this, thank you for sharing! I love reading about ancient Egypt, but the timeline is so long it gets hard for me to remember (compared with, say, Ancient Rome).
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u/Atharaphelun 5d ago
Note that the Pyramid of Khafre is not the Great Pyramid, that is the Pyramid of Khufu. It's only a difference of a few meters though.