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Prince of Egypt Kawab …
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- Prince of Egypt Kawab //
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- Prince of Egypt
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- Kawab
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Death: 2532 BC |
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Kawab was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 4th Dynasty and was the eldest son of King Khufu and Queen Meritites I. He served as vizier and was buried in the double mastaba G 7110-7120, in the east field which is part of the Giza Necropolis. Kawab was the eldest son of Pharaoh Khufu and Queen Meritites I and half-brother of pharaohs Djedefre and Khafre. Kawab married his sister Hetepheres II. They had at least three sons named Duaenhor, Kaemsekhem and Mindjedef and a daughterMeresankh III.[1] Kawab died during the reign of his father, Khufu, so the next ruler was his half-brother Djedefre, who married his widow Hetepheres II. It used to be believed that Djedefre had Kawab murdered, since Djedefre was buried in Abu Rawash, instead ofGiza, which was the custom. Djedefre's pyramid was also vandalized, but it is now thought that the tomb was vandalized much later, that is, during Roman times. Four burial shafts were constructed as part of the mastaba. Shaft G7110 A was never used. Shaft G 7110B was originally intended for Hetepheres II, but was never finished and shows no sign of ever being used. This is most likely due to the factthat Hetepheres remarried after the death of her husband. Shaft G 7120A was the burial place of Kawab. A red granite sarcophagus was made for him and found in place. Several centuries after Kawab died, Prince Khaemweset, son of Ramesses II, restored Kawab's statue in the Temple of Memphis. |
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