#sneferu

Sneferu, founder of Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty, is remembered not only as the first great pyramid builder but also as the pharaoh who began shaping a new kind of divine kingship: one illuminated by the rising solar cult.

While no inscription explicitly declares him as “the son of Ra,” archaeological and artistic remains suggest that Sneferu brought the solar cult into the heart of the royal court. From his time onward, Egyptian kings began to associate themselves with the Sun God.

Sneferu’s piety also extended to Hathor, the goddess of love, beauty, and joy, who was venerated as “Lady of Turquoise.” In Egyptian belief, turquoise was a sacred and precious stone, rivaling gold in value. As a builder, Sneferu is thought to have offered devotion to Hathor, seeking her blessing for prosperity, artistic beauty, and success in the mining expeditions that supplied Egypt with this treasured mineral, especially from the Sinai.

Sneferu’s descendants carried forward his religious vision: his grandson Khafre was the first king to officially bear the title “Son of Ra” (Sa Ra). And later, Menkaure, another descendant, showed particular devotion to Hathor — his statues famously depict him standing beside the goddess, with whom he seems to be particularly fascinated.

My first Ninjago OCs Teheheh

Sneferu and Tali

They own a tea shop in the crossroads (probably called something like “scales of Tea” or something like that). Sneferu is an old grumpy Serpentine who has lives through many years of war in Ninjago and prefers not to interact with many people. despite owning a whole tea shop.

The vessel from Egyptian times was a riverboat made of cedar and named Praise of Two Lands after an inscription (Anzovin, Steven (2000). Famous First Facts, p. 385), it dated from the time of Sneferu, 2613 BC

Relief of King Sneferu in Sinai

Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, ca. 2600 BC. From Wadi Maghareh, Sinai. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 38568

This relief tells us of the victory of king Sneferu over the Bedouins, a military campaign that was also common since the times of king Sanakht and which secured the mines for turquoise and copper in Wadi Nash and Wadi Maghareh, West Sinai.

The theme of the Egyptian kings smiting their enemies is an ancient one, it is known since the 1st Dynasty and can be seen, for example, in the Narmer Palette.

The relief which is made of sandstone shows Sneferu on a large scale, smiting an enemy who kneels, pleading for mercy, before him. The god Horus can be seen opposite Sneferu, wearing the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, and standing upon a serekh which contains the king’s Horus name – Nebmaat. Sneferu’s further names and titles surround his image.

New Kingdom, late 18th Dynasty, from the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes, Luxor, Egypt.

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Canopic chests are cases used by ancient Egyptians to contain the internal organs removed during the process of mummification.

Once canopic jars began to be used in the late 4th Dynasty, the jars were placed within canopic chests.

Although the first proven canopic burials date from 4th Dynasty reign of Sneferu, there is evidence to suggest that there were canopic installations at Saqqara dating from 2nd Dynasty.

The first canopic chests were simple and wooden, but as time went on, they became more elaborate.

Then, around the 21st Dynasty (1069–945 BC), Egyptians decided to leave the viscera inside mummies.

But because they had been using canopic chests for thousands of years, they kept putting them in tombs, just without anything in them.

Canopic chests fell out of use during Ptolemaic Kingdom.

The style and materials were different at different times, though always reflected Egyptian ideal of perfectly measured and precise beauty.

This alabaster canopic chest of Tutankhamun is considered to be one of the finest masterpieces of King Tut’s collection.

The interior of the chest is divided into four compartments, each with a cylindrical hollow covered by a lid elegantly carved in the form of the king’s head.

At the four corners of the chest, carved in high relief, are four goddesses: Isis, Nephthys, Neith and Serket — who stretch out their arms to protect the contents of the chest.

Each of the four compartments of the canopic chest held a miniature coffin. Covered in linen, they stood upright in their cylindrical compartments.

Each was almost glued to the bottom owing to the hardening of the unguents that had been poured in as part of the ritual.

It was the duty of the goddess Nepthys, whose name is inscribed on the front, to protect the lungs of Tutankhamun, which were placed inside, after first being preserved.

The figure, fashioned of solid beaten gold, contains inlays of colored glass and semiprecious stones.

It is very close in design to the second coffin in which Tutankhamun was buried; in fact, it is almost a miniature version.

it’s a relief fragment depicting the pharaoh sneferu with a feline goddess (probably sekhmet but could be bastet as well)