| Predynastic period | Early Dynastic | Old Kingdom | First Intermediate | Middle Kingdom | Second Intermediate | New Kingdom | Third Intermediate | Late period | Graeco-Roman period |
| Predynastic period | Early Dynastic | Old Kingdom | First Intermediate | Middle Kingdom | Second Intermediate | New Kingdom | Third Intermediate | Late period | Graeco-Roman period |
Shepseskaf ("his soul is noble") was the son of Menkaure by a minor wife. It seems he only reigned for four years. He built a strange rectangular monument at Saqqara known as Mastaba el-Faraoun (the pharaohs bench).
