08: Menkaura & the Third Giza Pyramid

Around 2520 BCE, King Khaf-Re died and his son Men-Kau-Re took power. Menkaure ("The Spirit of Re Endures") oversaw a more modest phase of pyramid building. His monument at Giza was the smallest pyramid yet. Were all of these pyramids straining the economy? We investigate a social structure very different from our own... Date c.2520 - 2500 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: Digital Giza. (n.d.). Menkaure Pyramid. http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/sites/2796/full/ Hawass, Z. A. (Ed.). (2003). The Treasures of the Pyramids. Lehner, M. (1997). The Complete Pyramids. Lehner, M., & Hawass, Z. A. (2017). Giza and the Pyramids. Perring, J. S. (1840). The Pyramids of Gizeh From Actual Survey and Admeasurement Part II: The Second and Third Pyramids. Rigano, C. (2014). Pyramids of the Giza Plateau: Pyramid Complexes of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure. Verner, M. (2020). The Pyramids: The Archaeology and History of Egypt’s Iconic Monuments (2nd ed.). Vyse, H. (1840). Operations Carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: With an Account of a Voyage into Upper Egypt and an Appendix (Vol. 1). James Fraser. https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/howard_vyse1840ga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices