Hemiunu (2570 BC–2570 BC) is believed to be the architect of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt ^[1][2]. He was the son of Nefermaat ^[3], a relative of Khufu, the Old Kingdom pharaoh whose pyramid it is. Archaeologists have found mentions of Hemiunu with titles roughly translated as Master of works and Vizier. In the latter office he succeeded Kanefer and his father Nefermaat ^[4]. An architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... The Great Pyramid of Giza, (sometimes spelled Gizeh) is the oldest and last remaining of the Seven Wonders of the World and the most famous pyramid in the world. ... The Giza pyramid field, viewed from the southwest. ... Khufu Protected by Khnum[1] Horus name Medjedu Nebty name Nebty-r-medjed Golden Horus Bikwy-nub Consort(s) Meritates, Henutsen, plus two other queens whose names are not known[2] Issues Djedefra, Kawab, Khafre, Djedefhor, Banefre, Khufukaef, Hetepheres II, Meresankh II, Khamerernebty[2] Father Sneferu Mother Hetepheres I Died... The Old Kingdom is the name commonly given to that period in the 3rd millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization complexity and achievement – this was the first of three so-called Kingdom periods, which mark the high points of civilization in the Nile Valley (the... Pharaoh was the ancient Egyptian name for the office of kingship. ... A Vizier (Arabic,وزير - wazÄ«r) (sometimes also spelled Vazir, Vizir, Vasir, Wazir, Vesir, or Vezir - grammatical vowel changes are common in many oriental languages), literally burden-bearer or helper, is a term, originally Persian, for a high-ranking political (and sometimes religious) advisor or minister, often to a Muslim monarch...

His tomb lies close to Khufu's pyramid, and contains reliefs of his image. Some stones of his mastaba are marked with dates referring to Khufu's reign ^[5]. His statue^[6] can be found at the Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim, Germany ^[7]. In the art of sculpture, a relief is an artwork where a modelled form projects out of a flat background. ... A mastaba was a flat-roofed, mud brick, rectangular building with sloping sides that marked the burial site of many eminent Egyptians of Egypts ancient period. ...

References

• Dieter Arnold, The Encyclopaedia of Ancient Egyptian Architecture, I.B.Tauris 2002
• Nigel C. Strudwick, Texts from the Pyramid, SBL 2005
• Cambridge Ancient History by Cambridge University Press 2000
• Francesco Tiradritti, Arte egizia, Giunti 2002
• Lyon Sprague De Camp, Catherine Crook De Camp, Ancient Ruins and Archaeology, Doubleday 1964
• Ian Shaw, The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford University Press 2003

1. ^ De Camp, op.cit., p.35
2. ^ Shaw, op.cit., p.89
3. ^ Arnold, op.cit., p.107
4. ^ Cambridge, op.cit.,166
5. ^ Strudwick, op.cit.,157
6. ^ Tiradritti, op.cit.,p.13
7. ^ Arnold, op.cit., p.107