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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

For Mycerinus either never left or else returned to the religion of the Egyptians.

From Myths and Marvels of Astronomy by Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor

After Kephren reigned Mycerinus, whom others call Mencherinus, the son of Chemmis.

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

According to the list of Manetho, Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus belonged to the fourth dynasty.

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

Such were Cheops and Chephren and Mycerinus, who built those vast sepulchral piles, the pyramids at Gizeh.

From A Short History of the World by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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