Menkaure
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
Menkaure or Mycerinus , fl. 2525? BC, king of ancient Egypt, of the IV dynasty; successor of Khafre . He built the third pyramid at Giza.
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