Userkaf

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Userkaf
Rule2465 - 2458 BC.
PredecessorDjedefptah
MotherNeferhetep
Nomen (meaning of name)His Soul is Strong
DynastyFounder of 5th Dynasty
ConsortsKhentkawes I
Capital cityMemphis
AchievementsPyramid construction
BurialSolar Pyramid complex at Saqqara
SuccesorSon Sahure out of Khentkawes I

  • Userkaf was a grandson of Djedefre, the immediate successor of Cheops
  • He became Pharaoh by marrying Khentkawes I, the half sister of his predecessor Djedefptah, who did not have any children to inherit the throne,
  • He is given credit for establishing Egypt's first contact with the Aegean world. An inscribed stone vessel from his mortuary temple was found on Kythera
  • He started building at Abusir, where he erected a sun temple

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