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_Pyramid Complex of Menkaure' (Mycerinus)_

The Pyramid of Menkaure' (Mycerinus) is the smallest of the three
pyramids of Giza and shows the beginning of the decline in workmanship
in the Egyptian pyramid building. The attention to detail is not as it
is on the earlier pyramid. [1]Menkaure' was the successor to
[2]Chephren. The pyramid was not complete when Menkaure' died.
Shepseskaf, who was Menkaure's son, finished the pyramid. The granite
encasement was never finished. The pyramid stands 66.5m high, which is
much smaller than the other two pyramids at Giza. Another difference
between Menkaure's and Chephren's and [3]Khufu's pyramid is that
Menkaure's burial chamber was the lower chamber. The walls were lined
with granite and below the pyramid's foundation. The sarcophagus was
found, but was lost at sea while it was being shipped to England. A
wooden coffin was found, supposedly that of Menkaure's. It was
actually put in the pyramid about 1800 years later. It is thought to
have been an act of restoration. In 1968 an inscription was found near
the entrance in the casing which referred to this action.
To the east of the pyramid is the Mortuary Temple. This temple is
fairly well preserved, even though the walls were not encased with
granite or marble. It was actually made of red mud bricks and then
lined with a thin layer of limestone. A 660m mud-brick causeway
connected the Valley Temple to the temple. The causeway is now beneath
the sand.
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