Neferefre was a pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty of ancient Egypt in the
25th century BC, during the Old Kingdom period. Known as prince Ranefer
before he ascended the throne, he was probably the eldest son of pharaoh
Neferirkare Kakai and queen Khentkaus II. Neferefre started a pyramid
for himself in the royal necropolis of Abusir and was buried in it,
although it was unfinished. The pyramid was roughly completed by his
brother Nyuserre Ini, who succeeded him after the rule of Shepseskare.
Fragments of Neferefre's mummy indicate that he died in his early
twenties, after two years of reign. A single text shows that he had
planned or just started to build a sun temple called Hotep-Re, meaning
"Ra is content" or "Ra's offering table". Like other Fifth
Dynasty
kings, he benefited from a funerary cult, but the cult was abandoned by
the late Old Kingdom. Because his pyramid and mortuary complex were
unfinished, they may have attracted less attention from grave and stone
robbers than nearby pyramids. (Full article...).
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neferefre>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1781:
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: A British expedition against Dutch
colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa landed in Elmina in
present-day Ghana.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley%27s_Gold_Coast_expedition>
1873:
Vasil Levski, a national hero of Bulgaria, was executed in
Sofia by the Ottoman authorities for his efforts to establish an
independent Bulgarian republic.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasil_Levski>
1946:
President Harry S. Truman signed the Rescission Act, annulling
benefits payable to Filipino troops who fought for the U.S. during World
War II.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescission_Act_of_1946>
2010:
In a coup d'état, military rebels attacked the presidential
palace in Niamey, Niger, and replaced President Mamadou Tandja with a
ruling junta, the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Nigerien_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
husbandry:
1. The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of
crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.
2. The prudent management or conservation of resources.
3. (now chiefly nautical) Administration or management of day-to-day
matters.
4. (obsolete) Agricultural or cultivated land.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/husbandry>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have come to believe over and over again that what is most
important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk
of having it bruised or misunderstood. That the speaking profits me,
beyond any other effect.
--Audre Lorde
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Audre_Lorde>