Ameny Qemau

Ameniqemau, also Ameny Qemau, is the proper name of an ancient Egyptian King ( Pharaoh ) of the early 13th Dynasty ( Second Intermediate Period ).

Documents

So far, he is only known by his pyramid. There are various proposals, it equated with rulers who are known from other monuments, such as with Se - hotep - ib -Re, appears in the Royal Canon of Turin and a year to have reigned.

Tomb

→ Main article: ameni - Qemau Pyramid

In 1957, Charles Arthur Muses discovered at Dahshur -south the remains of a pyramid of the 13th dynasty with a base length of about 52 m. While the superstructure was due to stone robbery largely destroyed, the substructure has been preserved. The arrangement of the chambers is typical of the late 12th Dynasty and early 13th Dynasty.

In the monolithic stone sarcophagus a cavity for the mummy and the canopic jars had ever beaten. The sarcophagus was broken into and contained only some unidentifiable bones. In search of valuables the grave robbers had left the canopic jars smashed. Muses put them back together and place on them the name of the Pharaoh: Ameny Qemau. One can assume that the king was buried in his pyramid, since corresponding traces were present. Muses records, however, were stolen from his home in Cairo and published the discovery later in detail.