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08: Menkaura & the Third Giza Pyramid

The History of Egypt Podcast

Ancient Egypt, from Creation to Cleopatra. This podcast tells the story of pharaonic Egypt "in their own words." Using archaeology, ancient texts, and up-to-date scholarship, we uncover the world of the Nile Valley and its people. Hosted on the Airwave Media Network.

Dominic Perry

Menkaure and the Egyptian Economy. Around 2520 BCE, King Khaf-Re died and his son Men-Kau-Re took power. Menkaure ("The Spirit of Re Endures") oversaw a more modest phase of pyramid building. His monument at Giza was the smallest pyramid yet. Were all of these pyramids straining the economy? We investigate a social structure very different from our own... Date c.2520 - 2500 BCE <a href="https://egyptianhistorypodcast.com/episodes/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://egyptianhistorypodcast.com/episodes/</a>, Support the Show at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast</a>, Follow the show on social media <a href="http://www.facebook.com/egyptpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/egyptpodcast</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/egyptianpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/egyptianpodcast</a>, Music by Keith Zizza <a href="http://www.keithzizza.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.keithzizza.com</a> <br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Around 2520 BCE, King Khaf-Re died and his son Men-Kau-Re took power. Menkaure ("The Spirit of Re Endures") oversaw a more modest phase of pyramid building. His monument at Giza was the smallest pyramid yet. Were all of these pyramids straining the economy? We investigate a social structure very different from our own...

Date c.2520 - 2500 BCE 

Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.

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Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com.

Select Bibliography:

Digital Giza. (n.d.). Menkaure Pyramid. http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/sites/2796/full/

Hawass, Z. A. (Ed.). (2003). The Treasures of the Pyramids. 

Lehner, M. (1997). The Complete Pyramids.

Lehner, M., & Hawass, Z. A. (2017). Giza and the Pyramids. 

Perring, J. S. (1840). The Pyramids of Gizeh From Actual Survey and Admeasurement Part II: The Second and Third Pyramids. 

Rigano, C. (2014). Pyramids of the Giza Plateau: Pyramid Complexes of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure. 

Verner, M. (2020). The Pyramids: The Archaeology and History of Egypt’s Iconic Monuments (2nd ed.). 

Vyse, H. (1840). Operations Carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: With an Account of a Voyage into Upper Egypt and an Appendix (Vol. 1). James Fraser. https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/howard_vyse1840ga
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