Queen Hetepheres I was the sister and wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Snofru, and the mother of Khufu, and is thought to have been the daughter of Huni. She may have died during the reign of Khufu. Pharaoh (Arabic فرعون ; Hebrew פַּרְעֹה ; Geez ፈርዖን Färʻon) is a title used to refer to the rulers of Egypt in the pre-Christian and pre-Islamic period. ... Sneferus Cartouche Sneferu, also spelt as Snefru or Snofru (in Greek known as Soris), was the founder of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt, reigning from around 2613 BC to 2589 BC. The father of Egypts most famous pyramid builder, Khufu, Sneferu was actually more prolific than his heir... Khufus Cartouche Khufu (in Greek known as Cheops) was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypts Old Kingdom. ... Huni was the last Pharaoh of Egypt of the Third dynasty. ...

Her tomb was discovered in 1925 in one of the satellite pyramids of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The tomb was in good condition and most of the contents seemed intact, but there were signs of robbery. Although the sarcophagus was sealed, the body was missing, while the canopic jars were intact. Those are the oldest examples of canopic jars known, so it has been suggested that Queen Hetepheres was the first royal Egyptian to have her organs dried out and preserved. 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Insert non-formatted text here--202. ... Stone sarcophagus of Pharaoh Merenptah Detail of a stone sarcophagus in the Istanbul Archeological Museum showing a hunting scene Anthropoid sarcophagus discovered at Cádiz A sarcophagus is a stone container for a coffin or body. ... Among the ancient Egyptians, canopic jars were covered funerary vases, normally composed of clay, intended to keep the viscera of mummified corpses. ...

Dr. Lehner has suggested that she was originally buried at another site, but that because the original site was robbed and the mummy destroyed, the remaining contents were moved later to the pyramid, and the sarcophagus sealed to hide the evidence of the missing body from the surviving members of her family.

Dr. Hawass has suggested Hetepheres was originally buried at G 1a, the northernmost of the small pyramids, and that after the robbery a new shaft was excavated for a new tomb. This would explain the evidence of tampering on the tomb objects.

The contents of the tomb provide us with many details of the luxury and ways of life of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt. All the contents of the tomb are displayed in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The Fourth dynasty of Egypt was the second of the four dynasties considered forming the Old Kingdom. ... Paul Gauguin, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (Doù venons-nous? Que faisons-nous? Où allons-nous?) (1897). ... Nickname: City on a Hill, Beantown, The Hub of the Universe (The State House, according to Oliver Wendell Holmes, is the hub of the Solar System), Athens of America Location in Massachusetts Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas Menino (D) Area    - City 232. ... Main entrance of the Egyptian Museum The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to the most extensive collection of pharaonic antiquities in the world. ... Cairos location in Egypt Coordinates: Governor Dr. Abdul Azim Wazir Area    - City 210 km²  - Metro 1,492 km² Population    - City (2005) 7,438,376  - Density 35,420/km²  - Urban 10,834,495  - Metro 15,200,000 Time zone EET (UTC+2) EEST (UTC+3) Cairo (Arabic: ‎ translit: , transl. ...

Literature

• Wolfram Grajetzki: Ancient Egyptian Queens – a hieroglyphic dictionary, London 2005

See also

• Egyptian Fourth Dynasty Family Tree