Kanefer
| Kanefer | |||||||||||
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| Prince of Egypt Vizier | |||||||||||
A drawing of Kanefer | |||||||||||
| Burial | |||||||||||
| Wife | Khouenso, Priestess Hator, Lady of the Sycamor
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| Issue | Kaiwareb Kanefer Meresankh | ||||||||||
| Father | Sneferu | ||||||||||
| Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Vizier | ||||||||||
Kanefer ( K3=(j).-nfr(.w) "His Ka is beautiful") is the name of a prince and King Sneferu's son, who took the vizier's office from his older brother Nefermaat. He lived in the late period of the King Sneferu's reign and possibly in early reign phase of his brother Khufu. Later on the office of vizier passed to the Nefermat's son Hemiun. The fourth dynasty was a period when constructions on the Giza plateau peaked,as well as the development of activity of craftsmen and system organisation of grandiose buildings. Kanefer was allegedly buried in a mastaba at the Dahshur necropolis. Information about his personality and position of power drawn from the remains uncovered in the mastaba is in question.
