{"id":226,"date":"2015-10-06T21:29:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T21:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/zelixart101\/?post_type=chapter&p=226"},"modified":"2015-10-26T22:31:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T22:31:37","slug":"pyramid-of-menkaure","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-arthistory1\/chapter\/pyramid-of-menkaure\/","title":{"raw":"Pyramid of Menkaure","rendered":"Pyramid of Menkaure"},"content":{"raw":"The third of the major pyramids at Giza belongs to Mekaure. This is the smallest of the three, rising to a height of 65 meters (213 feet), but the complex preserved some of the most stunning examples of sculpture to survive from all of Egyptian history.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_227\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"560\"]\"no Figure 1. Pyramid of Menkaure (Photo: Dr. Amy Calvert)[\/caption]\r\n\r\nMekaure\u2019s pyramid chambers are more complex than those of Khafre and include a chamber carved with decorative panels and another chamber with six large niches. The burial chamber is lined with massive granite blocks.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_228\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"560\"]\"Interior Figure 2. Pyramid of Menkaure, chamber with niches[\/caption]\r\n\r\nHis black stone sarcophagus, also carved with niched panels, was discovered inside, but was lost at sea as it was being transported to England.\r\n\r\nWithin Menkaure\u2019s mortuary and valley temples, neither of which were completed before his death, excavation revealed a series of statues of the king. The stunning diad of the king with his primary queen, Khamerernebty II (now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), as well as a number of triads showing the king being embraced by various deities, were discovered in the valley temple and were originally set up surrounding the open court.\r\n\r\nThis temple was still an active place of cult late in the Old Kingdom and was almost entirely rebuilt at the end of the sixth\u00a0dynasty after it was heavily damaged by a flood.","rendered":"

The third of the major pyramids at Giza belongs to Mekaure. This is the smallest of the three, rising to a height of 65 meters (213 feet), but the complex preserved some of the most stunning examples of sculpture to survive from all of Egyptian history.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1. Pyramid of Menkaure (Photo: Dr. Amy Calvert)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Mekaure\u2019s pyramid chambers are more complex than those of Khafre and include a chamber carved with decorative panels and another chamber with six large niches. The burial chamber is lined with massive granite blocks.<\/p>\n

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Figure 2. Pyramid of Menkaure, chamber with niches<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

His black stone sarcophagus, also carved with niched panels, was discovered inside, but was lost at sea as it was being transported to England.<\/p>\n

Within Menkaure\u2019s mortuary and valley temples, neither of which were completed before his death, excavation revealed a series of statues of the king. The stunning diad of the king with his primary queen, Khamerernebty II (now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), as well as a number of triads showing the king being embraced by various deities, were discovered in the valley temple and were originally set up surrounding the open court.<\/p>\n

This temple was still an active place of cult late in the Old Kingdom and was almost entirely rebuilt at the end of the sixth\u00a0dynasty after it was heavily damaged by a flood.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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