09: She Is Foremost (Khenty-kaus Queen of Egypt)

Khenty-kaus, the Lady Ruler. Around 2500 BCE, Menkaure died without an heir. His sister Khenty-Kau-es ("She is Foremost") stepped into the vacuum and governed the state on behalf of her young sons. This was an interesting period, with a lasting impact on royal power... Date c. 2500 - 2490 BCE Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments.  Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com. Select Bibliography: Vivienne Gae Callender, In Hathor’s Image: the Wives and Mothers of Egyptian Kings from Dynasties I-VI, 2012. Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, 2010. Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, 1994. Erik Hornung, Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: the One and the Many, 1996. Barry Kemp, Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization, 2005. Mark Lehner, The Complete Pyramids, 2008. Lehner, M., & Hawass, Z. A. (2017). Giza and the Pyramids. Gay Robins, The Art of Ancient Egypt, 2008. John Romer, A History of Egypt: from the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid, 2013. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices