Ankhmare Explained

Ankhmare was an ancient Egyptian prince and vizier of the 4th Dynasty. His titles include king's eldest son of his body (sA-nswt n Xt=f), as well as chief justice and vizier (smsw tAjtj sAb TAtj). Ankhmare was a son of Pharaoh Khafre and was named after the god Ra.^[1]

Titles

His titles include:^[2]

• Hereditary prince, count, the eldest King's son of his body
• Chief Ritualist of His Father
• Chief justice and vizier
• Treasurer of his father, the King of Lower Egypt.

Tomb

Ankhmare's tomb is G 8460, located in the Central Field, which is part of the Giza Necropolis.^[3] The entrance leads to a rock-cut chapel. Two pillars divide the chapel into two parts. In the area behind the pillars three burial shafts are dug into the floor.

• Shaft no 1350 contained a skeleton. Foot prints of a man and a boy were found in the area around the body. These presumably belonged to the grave robbers who violated the burial chamber in antiquity.
• Shaft no 1351 was a simple pit.
• Shaft no 1352 contained a limestone sarcophagus which was placed against the west wall.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004.
2. Hassan, Selim. Excavations at Gîza 6: 1934-1935. Part 3: The Mastabas of the Sixth Season and their Description. Cairo: Government Press, 1950.; obtained from gizapyramids.org
3. http://gizapyramids.org/ Giza pyramids by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston