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Mycerinus

[ mis-uh-rahy-nuhs ]

noun

  1. king of ancient Egypt c2600–2570 b.c.: builder of the third great pyramid at ·El· Giza.


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Mycerinus, however, did not fear to increase his task by rearing his pyramid over a depression in the plateau.

Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus continually added to the height and mass of their tombs until death put an end to the work.

For Mycerinus either never left or else returned to the religion of the Egyptians.

See the engraving of the Mneuis, called by Herodotus the bull of Mycerinus.

Figure 21 represents the comparative levels and dimensions of Mycerinus, Cephren, and Cheops.

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