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...).

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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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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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