Raemka

Raemka

Raemka (Raemkai, Remkuy) was an ancient Egyptian prince of the Fifth Dynasty. He was buried in tomb 80 in Saqqara and was possibly a son of Pharaoh Menkauhor Kaiu and Queen Meresankh IV.^[1]

Raemka

Era: Old Kingdom
(2686–2181 BC)

Egyptian hieroglyphs

Raemkaʻs tomb was originally excavated by Auguste Mariette. The tomb is listed as D3 in Mastabas.

One of the chambers from the tomb was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The chamber is decorated with hunting scenes, agricultural scenes and depictions of a statue being transported.^[2]

References[]

^ Dodson, Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, 2004
^ The bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volumes 3-4, (New York, N.Y.) 1908

[1] Dodson, Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, 2004

[2] The bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volumes 3-4, (New York, N.Y.) 1908

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