Shepseskaf The Mysterious Pharaoh

Описание: Shepseskaf, the sixth Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty. He was buried in a pyramid he built that was not upright.
He is one of the most mysterious kings of Egypt. There are two statues of him in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
He ruled Egypt from 2510 BC, approximately 6 to 8 years. He was buried in his pyramid (in the form of a rectangular sarcophagus known as the Mastaba of the Pharaoh) located 15 km south of Memphis.
His pyramid is 52 meters deep and leads to two passages, one of which is false to mislead thieves and the other is 278 meters deep.
This passage leads to the real burial chamber in addition to the funerary temple and the valley temple and the road connecting them.
He completed the temple complex of the pyramid of Menkaure and built the private Mastaba tomb in which he was buried.
He is the son of Menkaure. Some of the officials who served under Shepseskaf are known from the funerary inscriptions they placed on their graves that mention the king.
These inscriptions are mostly found in Giza and Saqqara. The fact that many of these inscriptions mention Shepseskaf only, without further details, suggests the short duration of his reign.
Among the officials who mention Shepseskaf are Papaf II, a vizier under Shepseskaf and possibly his cousin; Sekhemkare, Khafre's son and a priest of the royal funerary rites;
Nesut-pu-Niter, who was a priest of the royal funerary rites; Ptah-Shepses I, who was educated among the royal children in Shepseskaf's palace and harem, and who was later promoted to the position of priest of Ptah by Userkaf, the king's son-in-law;
and Kaunesut, a palace official, priest, and director of the barbers.