Sahure

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Statue of Sahure, accompanied by a nome deity. Metropolitan Museum of Art 18.2.4

Sahure was the second ruler of the Fifth Dynasty in the Old Kingdom period of ancient Egypt, succeeding his father and founder of the dynasty Userkaf.

The pyramid complex of Sahure was the first to be built at the new royal necropolis at Abusir, north of Saqqara.

Bibliography

• Borchardt, Ludwig [1910-1913], Das Grabdenkmal des Königs Sáhu-re' , volumes 1-2, [Ausgrabungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft in Abusir 1902-1908, Bände 6-7], Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1910-1913.