Queen Henutsen

Queen Henutsen was the third wife of Khufu. She was probably also the mother of Khafkhufu I (who may have been Khufu´s successor, Khafre ) and Minkhaf. Many modern and ancient scholars have stated that she was the king´s daughter who was prostituted by Khufu in order to raise the funds to build the great pyramid (a story repeated in the Westcar papyrus and by Herodotus ). Of course, there is no contemporary evidence in support of this rather unlikely story. In fact a stelae discovered in the eastern cemetery (a group of mastabas nearby) states "he (Khufu) built a pyramid for the king´s daughter Henutsen, beside this temple". This contradicts the story that she saved up some of her earnings to build her own pyramid.

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