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Mycerinus

American  
[mis-uh-rahy-nuhs] / ˌmɪs əˈraɪ nəs /

noun

  1. king of ancient Egypt c2600–2570 b.c.: builder of the third great pyramid at El Giza.


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With their neat figures and confident smiles, the Old Kingdom ruler Mycerinus and his queen, in a renowned carved portrait, looked like friends of my parents arriving for cocktails, straight from a spaceship.

From New York Times Jan. 15, 2010

Nitocris, the sister of Mycerinus, succeeds him, and finishes the third great Pyramid.

From The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great by Sir Isaac Newton

After Moeris came Sesostris, Pheron, Proteus, Rhampsinitus, Cheops and Chephren, Mycerinus, Asychis, Anysis, Sabakon, and Sethos, so that from Menes to Sethos 341 kings had reigned over Egypt in as many generations.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker

I do not yet know the book well, but I think     that "Mycerinus" struck me most, perhaps, as illustrating what I have     been speaking of.

From A Writer's Recollections — Volume 1 by Mrs. Humphry Ward

On the north side is written the name of the builder, Mycerinus.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker

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