- At the Cairo Museum, French archeologist Vassil Dobrev observes the pyramidion (the stone that crowns the top of a pyramid) from the pyramid of King Khendjer. This 13th dynasty pharaoh from the Middle Kingdom had his pyramid built at the far southern end of the Saqqara site. Khendjer, or “son of Re”, also had another name: Userkare, meaning “King of Lower Egypt”. According to Vassil Dobrev, who indicates the latter’s cartouche on the pyramidion, the second name is a reference to Khendjer’s ancestor Userkare, second king of the VIth dynasty who ruled for a mere 2 years from 2323 to 2321 BCE (Old Kingdom).

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At the Cairo Museum, French archeologist Vassil Dobrev observes the pyramidion (the stone that crowns the top of a pyramid) from the pyramid of King Khendjer. This 13th dynasty pharaoh from the Middle Kingdom had his pyramid built at the far southern end of the Saqqara site. Khendjer, or “son of Re”, also had another name: Userkare, meaning “King of Lower Egypt”. According to Vassil Dobrev, who indicates the latter’s cartouche on the pyramidion, the second name is a reference to Khendjer’s ancestor Userkare, second king of the VIth dynasty who ruled for a mere 2 years from 2323 to 2321 BCE (Old Kingdom).

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