Unreferenced date December 2009 Centurybox 25 The 25th century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2500 BCE to 2401 BCE. Events Image PyramidOfUserkaf.jpg thumb 250px The ruined pyramid of Userkaf at Saqqara . He was the founder of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt c. 2900 BCE 2334 BCE Mesopotamia n wars of the Early Dynastic period. c. 2500 BCE Rice was first introduced to Malaysia c. 2500 BCE Scribe Scribal schools flourish throughout Sumer . c. 2500 BCE Cylinder seal from Sumer and its impression are made. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York . c. 2500 BCE Excavation and development of the Hypogeum of al Saflieni at Paola, Malta Paola , Malta , a subterranean templex complex subsequently used as a necropolis . c. 2500 BCE Valley Temple of Khafra , Giza , is built. c. 2500 BCE Khafra from Giza Valley , Temple of Khafra is made. Fourth dynasty of Egypt . Discovered by Auguste Mariette . It is now kept in Egyptian Museum , Cairo . c. 2500 BCE People in Peru rely on fish and mussels for food. c. 2500 BCE 2000 BCE Mohenjo Daro is about convert 7 sqmi km2 0 in size and has a population of c. 20,000 to 50,000. c. 2494 BCE End of Fourth dynasty of Egypt Fourth Dynasty , start of Fifth dynasty of Egypt Fifth Dynasty in Egypt. Construction of the Pyramids begins. c. 2494 BCE 2345 BCE Sculptors at work , relief from Saqqara , Fifth Dynasty . It is now at Egyptian Museum , Cairo , Egypt . c. 2494 BCE 2345 BCE Seated Scribe from tomb of vizier Disambiguation needed Kai date June 2011 , Saqqara , sculpture , Fifth dynasty of Egypt is made. It is now in Mus e du Louvre , Paris . 2492 BCE Traditional date for the legendary foundation of the Armenians Armenian nation see Haik . c. 2450 BCE End of the Early Dynastic IIIa Period and beginning of the Early Dynastic IIIb Period in Sumer . c. 2450 BCE Kish Sumer Kish is lost to Khamazi tribesmen of the Kurdistan mountains Elamites from Awan dynasty Awan occupy parts of Sumer. Roux 1980 c. 2410 BCE By this time, Mona ... more details
Bayan rewards Reed with the Scepter of Bastet Bast , an ancient artifact once belonging to Khafra Khafre ... itself rises up, possessed by the spirit of Khafra Khafre . Using this distraction, Reed freezes von ... more details
For other royal ladies named Meresankh, see Meresankh disambiguation Meresankh . Infobox Hieroglyphen NAME hiero mr s anx hiero NAME TRANSKRIPTION NAME ERKL RUNG Meresankh br Unicode Mrs n BILD1 HetepheresII and MeresankhIII PairStatue MuseumOfFineArtsBoston.jpg BILD1 BREITE 230px BILD1 BESCHREIBUNG Queen Hetepheres II left embraces her deceased daughter Meresankh III right MFA 30.1456 ANMERKUNGEN center King s Wife of Pharaoh Khafre center Queen Meresankh III was the daughter of Hetepheres II and Prince Kawab and a grand daughter of the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu . She was the wife of King Khafre . History Her parents were brother and sister. She married the pharaoh Khafra of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt and bore him four sons Nebemakhet , Niuserre, Khenterka and Duaenre as well as a daughter named Shepsetkau. ref http www.ancient egypt.org glossary people meresankh iii.html Meresankh III ref She held the royal titles of King s Daughter and King s Wife, Great of Scepter . ref Tyldesley, Joyce. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006., p.45. ISBN 0 500 05145 3 ref When she died some time shortly after the reign of Khafra, Meresankh was buried in an extensively decorated mastaba tomb at Giza along with a rock cut chapel G7530 5440 . Inscriptions on the tomb provide both the time of her death and the date for her funeral, which followed some 272 days after her death. ref Tyldesley, p.48 ref She apparently died during the first regnal year of an unnamed king, possibly the pharaoh Menkaure . ref http www.touregypt.net featurestories fourthqueens.htm The Queens of Egypt s 4th Dynasty ref This tomb was originally planned for her mother Hetepheres II, but she instead donated it for her daughter s use which suggests that Meresankh s death was sudden and unexpected. ref http www.ancient egypt.org glossary people meresankh iii.html Meresankh III ref Hetepheres also provided her daughter with a black granite sarcophagus decorated with palace facades for Meresankh ... more details
. The court officials who mentioned Shepseskaf are Sekhemkare , a son of Khafra , priest of the royal ..., from Khafra down to Sahure through Shepseskaf ref Cf. KRL K. R. Lepsius , 89 p.109 et KHS K.H. Sethe ... Khafra and was apparently crowned on the eleventh day of the fourth month. Analyses of the space available ... more details
4th millennium BC Events of the 4th millennium BC 3rd millennium BC Events of the 3rd millennium BC List of state leaders in the 20th century BC 20th century BC state leaders State leaders by year This is a list of state leaders from the beginning of recorded history in the 4th millennium BC until the end of the 3rd millennium BC . Africa class wikitable border 1 State Leader s Ancient Egypt Egypt Narmer , List of pharaohs Pharaoh ca. 3150 BC&ndash 3125 BC ref Grimal, Nicolas Christophe. http books.google.com books?id GzTiXt49I0YC&pg PA389 A History of Ancient Egypt . Oxford, UK Cambridge, USA Blackwell, 1992, p. 389, ISBN 978 0631174721. ref Qa a , Pharaoh ca. 2916 BC&ndash 2890 BC ref name autogenerated1 Bard, Kathryn A. Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt . London New York Routledge, 1999, p. 27, ISBN 978 0415185899. ref Hotepsekhemwy , Pharaoh ca. 2890 BC&ndash 2853 BC ref name autogenerated1 Sanakhte , Pharaoh ca. 2686 BC&ndash 2668 BC Djoser , Pharaoh 2668 BC&ndash 2649 BC Sekhemkhet , Pharaoh 2669 BC&ndash 2643 BC Khaba , Pharaoh 2643 BC&ndash 2637 BC Huni , Pharaoh 2637 BC&ndash 2613 BC Sneferu , Pharaoh 2613 BC&ndash 2589 BC Khufu pharaoh Khufu , Pharaoh 2589 BC&ndash 2566 BC Djedefra , Pharaoh 2566 BC&ndash 2558 BC Khafra , Pharaoh 2558 BC&ndash 2532 BC Menkaura , Pharaoh 2532 BC&ndash 2503 BC Shepseskaf , Pharaoh 2503 BC&ndash 2498 BC Userkaf , Pharaoh 2498 BC&ndash 2491 BC Sahure , Pharaoh 2490 BC&ndash 2477 BC Neferirkare Kakai , Pharaoh 2477 BC&ndash 2467 BC Shepseskare Isi , Pharaoh 2467 BC&ndash 2460 BC Neferefre , Pharaoh 2460 BC&ndash 2453 BC Nyuserre Ini , Pharaoh 2453 BC&ndash 2422 BC Menkauhor Kaiu , Pharaoh 2422 BC&ndash 2414 BC Djedkare Isesi , Pharaoh 2414 BC&ndash 2375 BC Unas , Pharaoh 2375 BC&ndash 2345 BC References Reflist Use dmy dates date September 2010 DEFAULTSORT State Leaders In The 4th And 3rd Millennia Bc Category Lists of state leaders by year 2000 3999 Category 4th millennium BC Category 3rd millennium BC br Roll a ... more details
File Louvre 032007 22.jpg thumb 170px Statue of Neferhetepes Neferhetepes Pronunciation needed nfr tp s, Her Peace Grace Is Beautiful was an ancient Egypt ian princess of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt 4th dynasty a daughter of Pharaoh Djedefre who ruled between his father Khufu and his brother Khafra . Her mother was Hetepheres II . Biography The name of Neferhetepes is known to us from a statue fragment found in Abu Rawash where her father had a pyramid complex built. She had the titles King s Daughter of His Body and God s Wife . ref dodson , p. 60 ref Neferhetepes was also a Priestess of Hathor , mistress of the sycamore hm. t ntr Hthr nb.t nht . She is the earliest attested priestess of Hathor. The title appears on the base of a statue from Abu Rawash. ref Robyn A. Gillam, Priestesses of Hathor Their Function, Decline and Disappearance, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, Vol. 32 1995 , pp. 211 237 ref hiero Neferhetepes ref Hermann Ranke Die gyptische Pers nennamen. Verlag von J. J. Augustin in Gl ckstadt, 1935, p.198 ref hiero nfr Htp t p s hiero align left era ok Until recently, Egyptologists thought it as possible that Neferhetepes was identical to a woman of the same name who was buried in a small pyramid next to the pyramid of Userkaf , the first king of the Fifth dynasty of Egypt 5th dynasty . In a document mentioning her funerary cult, Neferhetepes is mentioned as having the title King s Mother but she didn t bear the title of King s Wife . Since her chapel was modified under the reign of Sahure , second king of the fifth dynasty whose name was found on a fragment in the chapel , ref Dodson & Hilton, pp.55, 65 ref it is likely that she was the mother of either Userkaf or Sahure the other king is the son of Khentkaus I . ref Dodson & Hilton, p.65 ref However, most recently reliefs were found near the causeway of king Sahure s pyramid. They show that there was a second woman with the name Neferhetepes Userkaf Neferhetepes , wife of Userkaf an ... more details
Infobox Hieroglyphen NAME hiero r a n kA kA kA hiero NAME TRANSKRIPTION Nikaure br Unicode N j k .w R NAME ERKL RUNG The Ka of Re associated forces Infobox Egyptian dignitary Name Nikaure Image Style Vizier Caption ImageSize Predecessor Successor Dynasty Fourth dynasty of Egypt 4th Dynasty Pharaoh likely Menkaure Father Khafra Mother Persenet Wife Nikanebti I Children Nikaure II br Nikanebti II br Hetepheres D Burial Mastaba LG 87 in Giza Nikaure was an ancient Egypt ian prince and Vizier Ancient Egypt vizier during the Fourth dynasty of Egypt 4th dynasty . His titles include king s eldest son of his body sA nswt n Xt f , as well as chief justice and vizier smsw tAjtj sAb TAtj . ref name GP Family Nikaure was a son of Pharaoh Khafre and Queen Persenet . ref name D60 dodson ref His wife was named Nikanebti. She was a priestess of Hathor, Mistress of the Sycamore in all her places. ref name PM Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings Part III ref In Nikaure s tomb a will outlining his legacy is preserved. The will is dated to the year of the twelfth occurrence of the numbering of large and small cattle year 24 of Khafre . ref Verner, Miroslav. Contemporaneous Evidence for the Relative Chronology of Dyns. 4 and 5. In Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss & David A. Warburton, eds. Ancient Egyptian Chronology, Leiden Boston Brill, 2006, p. 134. ref Nikaure leaves property to his wife Nikanebti, his son Nikaure, his daughter Hetepheres, and his son Ka en nebti wer. The property that would have gone to a presumably deceased daughter reverts back to Nikaure s wife Nikanebti. ref Breasted, James H. Ancient Records of Egypt Historical Documents from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest, Collected Edited and Translated with Commentary, Vol. 1 The First to the Seventeenth Dynasties. Ancient Records. Chicago University of Chicago Press, 1906, pp. 88 90. ref Tomb Nikaure s tomb is LG 87 in Giza using the numbering ... more details
Infobox Hieroglyphen NAME hiero pr r hatching hiero ref name Lepsius Lepsius, Denkmaeler Text 1, p. 105 108. ref NAME TRANSKRIPTION pr .. NAME ERKL RUNG Per .. NAME2 hiero pr r O34 n t hiero ref Tyldesley, Joyce. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006. ISBN 0 500 05145 3 ref NAME2 TRANSKRIPTION pr snt reconstructed NAME2 ERKL RUNG Persenet File Persenet inscription.jpg thumb left 50px Partial name of Persenet from her tomb in Giza Persenet Personet, Per sent was an ancient Egypt ian queen consort of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt 4th dynasty . She may have been a daughter of King Khufu and a wife of King Khafra . She is mainly known from her tomb at Giza G 8156 . Biography According to Grajetzki, Persenet s full set of titles was great of sceptre wr.t ts , king s beloved wife m.t n swt mr t f and king s daughter of his body sat niswt nt xtf . The position of her tomb suggests that she was the wife of king Khafre and possibly a daughter of Khufu. ref name G12 Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens A Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Golden House Publications, London, 2005, ISBN 978 0954721893 ref Persenet may be the mother of the vizier Nikaure . ref name PM Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004. ISBN 0 500 05128 3 ref Tomb File LG88.jpg thumb right 200px Cross section of the tomb of queen Persenet. Lepsius Persenet s tomb is LG 88 in Giza using the numbering introduced by Karl Richard Lepsius Lepsius . ref name Lepsius ref name PM It is also given the designation G 8156. ref name GP http gizapyramids.org Giza pyramids by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ref The tomb is a rock cut mastaba located in the Central Field, Giza Central Field which is part of the Giza Necropolis . Persenet s tomb is adjacent to that of Nikaure and were probably constructed at the same time. Persenet s tomb can be entered through and entrance in the south wall or an entrance in the east wall which connects to the tomb of Nikau ... more details
File Isis pyramide reine kh ops.jpg thumb right Pyramid G1 c File Pyramide Henoutsen 01.JPG thumb right Tunnel of Pyramid G1 c G1 c is one of the subsidiary pyramids of the Giza East Field of the Giza Necropolis immediately to the eastern side of the Great Pyramid of Giza , built during the Fourth dynasty of Egypt . It is the southern of the three pyramids of the queens and is the one of Queen Henutsen . It is 46.25 metres wide and had a height of 29.60 metres. A niche, four inches deep was dug in the south wall of the burial chamber. Pyramid G 1c was originally not a part of Khufu s pyramid complex, as its southern side is aligned not with the side of the Great Pyramid of Giza Great Pyramid , but with Khufukhaf s mastaba tomb nearby. ref name Verner Verner, Miroslav. The Pyramids The Mystery, Culture, and Science of Egypt s Great Monuments. Grove Press. 2001 1997 . ISBN 0 8021 3935 3 ref Pyramid G 1c was at some point thought to possibly be a satellite pyramid, because it did not come with a boat pit like pyramids G 1a and G 1b. It was later determined to be an unfinished pyramid however which was constructed in a hurry. Henutsen is thought to have been buried in the tomb. ref Hawass, Zahi. The Discovery of the Satellite Pyramid of Khufu GI d . In Peter Der Manuelian, ed. Studies in Honor of William Kelly Simpson 1. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1996, pp. 379 398. ref Dr. Rainer Stadelmann believes Khufukhaf is the same person as Khafra and the pyramid was built by him for his mother, ref name Verner but this identification is doubtful. ref Dodson & Hilton, p.60 ref This temple was built by incorporating elements of an ancient funerary chapel. A stele from the New Kingdom was discovered in the remains of the temple. This monument bears an inscription epigraph allowing us to attribute the pyramid of Queen Henutsen The living Horus Medjou Hor, King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Khufu, received life. It is next to the tabernacle the Sphinx, northwest of the home d O ... more details
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For Minkhaf I s great nephew, see Minkhaf II . Infobox Hieroglyphen NAME hiero R23 xa f hiero ref Hermann Ranke Die gyptische Pers nennamen. Verlag von J. J. Augustin in Gl ckstadt, 1935., p.265 ref NAME TRANSKRIPTION NAME ERKL RUNG Minkhaf br Mn.w Unicode f br He appears, the god Min god Min Infobox Egyptian dignitary Name Minkhaf I Image Style Vizier Dynasty Fourth dynasty of Egypt 4th Dynasty Pharaoh Khufu Father Khufu Mother possibly Henutsen Wife unknown woman Children Son Minkhaf I was an ancient Egypt ian prince of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt 4th dynasty . He was a son of Pharaoh Khufu and served as Vizier Ancient Egypt vizier . Biography Minkhaf was a son of Pharaoh Khufu , half brother of pharaoh Djedefra and elder brother of pharaoh Khafra . ref name D60 dodson , p.60 ref His mother may have been Queen Henutsen . ref name PM Porter, Bertha and Moss, Rosalind, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings Volume III Memphis, Part I Abu Rawash to Abusir. 2nd edition revised and augmented by Dr Jaromir Malek, 1974. Retrieved from gizapyramids.org ref Minkhaf had a wife and at least one son, but their names are not known. ref http www.gizapyramids.org pdf 20library reisner z C3 A4s 64 1929.pdf Nefertkau, the eldest daughter of Sneferu ref Minkhaf held the titles Eldest king s son of his body , Chief Justice and Vizier . ref name PM He served as Vizier Ancient Egypt vizier during his father Khufu s reign. Tomb Minkhaf was buried in the double mastaba numbered G 7430 7440 in the Giza East Field east field which is part of the Giza Necropolis . The construction of the mastaba started during the reign of his father Khufu. ref George A. Reisner, A History of the Giza Necropolis I, Cambridge Harvard University Press, 1942, pp 70 74, Retrieved from http gizapyramids.org code emuseum.asp?newpage gizanecropolis1 Giza Digital Library History of the Giza Necropolis Series ref The mastaba contained an interior c ... more details
For other royal ladies named Khamerernebty, see Khamerernebty . Infobox Hieroglyphen NAME hiero G16 xa mr D21 D21 hiero NAME TRANSKRIPTION Khamerernebti br Unicode mrr nb.tj br Appearance of the beloved of the Two Ladies NAME ERKL RUNG Infobox monarch name Khamerernebty I title Queen consort of Ancient Egypt consort Pharaoh Khafra offspring Pharaoh Menkaura br Queen Khamerernebty II father possibly Pharaoh Khufu Khamerernebty I was an ancient Egypt ian queen of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt 4th dynasty . She was probably a wife of King Khafre and the mother of King Menkaure and Queen Khamerernebty II . It is possible that she was a daughter of Khufu , based on the fact that inscriptions identify her as a King s daughter. Life Khamerernebty I is identified with the king s mother whose partial name was found inscribed on a flint knife in the mortuary temple of Menkaure. She is thought to be the mother of Menkaure and was likely married to King Khafre . There are no inscriptions that explicitly mention her as a wife of Khafre however. ref dodson , pp.52 53 ref The Galarza tomb in Giza was originally probably built for Khamerernebty I, but was finished for her daughter Khamerernebty II. The inscriptions in this tomb are an important source of information about Khamerernebty I. ref name Baud Baud, Michel. La tombe de la reine m re xa mrr Nbtj Ire. Bulletin de l Institut Fran ais d Arch ologie Orientale 95 1995 , pp. 11 12, 18, fig. 1. ref The lintel above the entrance to the chapel included an inscription mentioning both Khamerernebty I and her daughter Khamerernebty II blockquote Mother of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Daughter of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, and Daughter of the God, She who sees Horus and Seth, Great one of the hetes sceptre, One great of praise, Priestess of Djehuty, Priestess of Tjasepef, the Greatly loved Wife of the King, King s Daughter of his body, revered mistress, honored by the Great God, Khamerernebty I . br Her eldest daughter, Sh ... more details
III, line 12 king Khafra is mentioned, after him, in line 13, a lacuna appears. After king Shepseskaf ... Khafra, Menkaura , Shepseskaf, Userkaf and even Sahure , but makes no mention of Thamphthis. The same goes for the high official Netjer pu nesut, who was honoured under the kings Djedefre, Khafra ... more details
This is a list of all book s and other works said to have been written, co written, or edited by Egyptology Egyptologist and author , Zahi Hawass ref citeweb url http www.zahihawass.com books.htm title Books by Dr. Zahi Hawass accessdate June 11, 2008 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref ref citeweb url http www.amazon.com s?search type ss&index books&field author Zahi 20Hawass title Zahi Hawass Books publisher Amazon.com accessdate June 11, 2008 ref . However, it is commonly known in the Egyptological community that Zahi Hawass usually does not write his own books. This has been admitted by several of his staff, e.g. Dr. Janice Kamrin http www.newyorker.com reporting 2009 11 16 091116fa fact parker 1 and Stephanie Sakoutis http worklikeanegyptian.blogspot.com 2010 07 new job no internet.html 2 The list is in chronological order. 1980s class wikitable style text align center font size 95 width 85 Title Publication Date Publisher The Golden King the World of Tutankhamun 1980 National Geographic magazine National Geographic Books The Funerary Establishments of Khufu, Khafra and Menkaura during the Old Kingdom Ph. D. thesis ref OCLC 244937270 . Retrieved January 30, 2011. ref 1987 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania 1990s class wikitable style text align center font size 95 width 85 Title Publication Date Publisher The Pyramids of Ancient Egypt April 1990 Premier Book Marketing Ltd. The Secrets of the Sphinx Restoration Past and Present September 1, 1998 The American University in Cairo Press 2000 to present class wikitable style text align center font size 95 width 85 Title Publication Date Publisher Silent Images Women in Pharaonic Egypt April 1, 2000 Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Valley of the Golden Mummies The Greatest Egyptian Discovery Since Tutankhamun October 1, 2000 Harry N. Abrams, Inc. The Mysteries of Abu Simbel Ramesses II and the Temples of the Rising Sun April 1, 2001 The American University in Cairo Press Hidden Treasures of ... more details
See also Meritites , about other ladies with this name. Infobox Hieroglyphen TITEL Meritites NAME hiero mr r t t f s hiero NAME TRANSKRIPTION Meritites Merit ites br Mrj.t jt s NAME ERKL RUNG Beloved of her father Infobox royalty type consort name Meritites I title Queen consort Queen of Egypt spouse Pharaoh Khufu spouse type Husband issue Crown Prince Kawab br more children father Sneferu mother unknown queen Meritites I Meritetes I, Meryetyotes I was an ancient Egypt ian Queen of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt 4th dynasty . She was a daughter of King Sneferu and the wife of King Khufu . Her name means Beloved of her Father . Several of her titles are known from a stela found at Giza. She was the mother of Crown Prince Kawab and may have had several more children. Meritites was buried in the middle Queen s Pyramid and Giza Pyrmaid G 1b . Biography Meritites was a daughter of Sneferu. Meritites married her half? brother Khufu . ref Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004. ISBN 0 500 05128 3 ref With Khufu, she was the mother of Crown Prince Kawab , and possibly Djedefre . ref Tyldesley, Joyce. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006. ISBN 0 500 05145 3 ref Both Queen Hetepheres II and Pharaoh Khafra have been suggested as children of Meretites I and Khufu as well, ref Gundacker Genealogie . S. 24 26 ref and it is possible that Meritites II was a daughter of Meritites I as well. ref http gizapyramids.org Gizapyramids website Page for G 7650 ref Mariette recorded a stela at Giza in which Meritites is said to be a favorite of both Sneferu and Khufu blockquote King s wife, his beloved, devoted to Horus , Mertitytes. King s wife, his beloved, Mertitytes beloved of the Favorite of the Two Goddesses she who says anything whatsoever and it is done for her. Great in the favor of Snefr u great in the favor of Khuf u , devoted to Horus, honored under Khafre. Merti tyt es. Breasted ref James Henry Breasted ... more details
In cryptography , Khufu and Khafre are two block cipher s designed by Ralph Merkle in 1989 while working at Xerox s Palo Alto Research Center . Along with Snefru , a cryptographic hash function , the ciphers were named after the Egyptian Pharaoh s Khufu pharaoh Khufu , Khafra Khafre and Sneferu . Under a voluntary scheme, Xerox submitted Khufu and Khafre to the National Security Agency NSA prior to publication. NSA requested that Xerox not publish the algorithms, citing concerns about national security. Xerox, a large government contractor, complied. However, a reviewer of the paper passed a copy to John Gilmore activist John Gilmore , who made it available via the sci.crypt newsgroup . ref http groups.google.com groups?selm 7981 40hoptoad.uucp ref ref http groups.google.com groups?selm 497 40lexicon.com ref It would appear this was against Merkle s wishes. ref http groups.google.com groups?selm 1638 40arisia.Xerox.COM ref The scheme was subsequently published at the 1990 CRYPTO conference Merkle, 1990 . Khufu and Khafre were patented by Xerox issued on March 26, 1991. ref US patent 5003597 ref Khufu Infobox block cipher name Khufu image caption designers Ralph Merkle publish date 1989 derived from derived to related to Khafre certification key size 512 bits block size 64 bits structure Feistel cipher Feistel network rounds 16 cryptanalysis Henri Gilbert Gilbert and Chauvaud s differential attack Khufu is a block size cryptography 64 bit block cipher which, unusually, uses key cryptography key s of key size size 512 bits block ciphers typically have much smaller keys, rarely exceeding 256 bits. Most of the key material is used to construct the cipher s S box es. Because the key setup time is quite time consuming, Khufu is not well suited to situations in which many small messages are handled. It is better suited to bulk encryption of large amounts of data. Khufu is a Feistel cipher with 16 rounds by default other multiples of eight between 8 and 64 are allowed . Eac ... more details
about the pyramid the Silent Hill monster Pyramid Head Infobox Egyptian pyramid Image Image Snofrus Red Pyramid in Dahshur 2 .jpg center 200px Name The Red Pyramid in Dahshur Owner Sneferu Type pyramid True Pyramid Height convert 104 m ft 0 Base convert 220 m ft 0 Inclination 43 22 CoordsTitle coord 29 48 30 N 31 12 21 E type landmark display title File Egypt.Dashur.RedPyramid.02.jpg right thumb 218px Detail of the massive Corbel arch corbel vaulted ceiling of the main burial chamber File RedPyramid.JPG right thumb 218px The south face of the Red Pyramid File Red pyramid entry.jpg thumb 218px Entry to the Red Pyramid The Red Pyramid , also called the North Pyramid , is the largest of the three major pyramid s located at the Dahshur necropolis . Named for the rusty reddish hue of its stones, it is also the third largest Egyptian pyramid, after those of Khufu pharaoh Khufu and Khafra at Giza . At the time of its completion, it was the world s tallest structures tallest man made structure in the world . It is also believed to be the world s first successful attempt at constructing a true smooth sided pyramid. Local residents refer to the Red Pyramid as el haram el watwat , meaning the Bat Pyramid. The Red Pyramid was not always red. It used to be cased with white Tura limestone, but only a few of these now remain at the pyramid s base on the corner. During the Middle Ages much of the white Tura limestone was taken for buildings in Cairo , revealing the reddish sandstone beneath. Comparison of pyramids.svg History It was the third pyramid built by Old Kingdom Pharaoh Sneferu , and is located approximately one kilometer to the north of the Bent Pyramid . It is built at the same shallow 43 degree angle as the upper section of the Bent Pyramid, which gives it a noticeably squat appearance compared to other Egyptian pyramids of comparable scale. Construction is believed to have begun during the thirtieth year of Sneferu s reign. Egyptologists disagree on the length of time ... more details
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