Shepseskaf

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Shepseskaf in hieroglyphs
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I9 D28 O34
O34
A51
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Shepseskaf may have been the last Egyptian Pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty if he was not succeeded by a certain Djedefptah as recorded in Egyptian literature and indirectly, by the Turin Canon. He broke with tradition and built his tomb as a great mastaba at Saqqara, now known as Mastabat Fara'un. In contrast, his forefathers built the pyramids of Giza.

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Preceded by:
Menkaura
Pharaoh of Egypt
Fourth dynasty
Succeeded by:
Djedefptah or
Userkaf