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Snefru

American  
[snef-roo] / ˈsnɛf ru /

noun

  1. flourished c2920 b.c., Egyptian ruler of the 4th dynasty.


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The pharaoh Snefru, the greatest of all pyramid builders, married his half sister Hetepheres, whose name means “she whose every command is carried out.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2016

Snefru seems to have had an exceedingly high opinion of himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most of these artifacts date from the 12th dynasty, long after the kingdom once ruled by Snefru disintegrated in an era of famine and unrest.

From Time Magazine Archive

Good or bad, Snefru ended up in the Red Pyramid, entombed in a magnificent three-room burial chamber that is considered the finest of the Old Kingdom.

From Time Magazine Archive

Snefru and Chufu made themselves masters of the copper mines of the peninsula of Sinai before the year 3000 B.C.

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