id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-1647 Bikheris - Wikipedia .html text/html 2575 485 76 Bikheris is the Hellenized name of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, who may have ruled during the 4th Dynasty (Old Kingdom period) around 2570 BC. The reason for the numerous misplacements of kings in Hellenistic documents may be caused by the ancient authors' erroneous idea that the three builders of the Giza pyramids (Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure) automatically must have been direct throne successors. However, the Ramesside king lists provide evidence for placing Bikheris' reign between Khafre and Menkaure. But their number is puzzling, since between Khafre and Userkaf only two kings are archaeologically detected: Menkaure and Shepseskaf. The Saqqara king list would therefore give the following succession: Khafre → Bikheris → Menkaure → Shepseskaf → Thamphthis → Nyuserrê → Userkaf.[1] Egyptologists think that the gap between Khafre and Menkaure once named either Bauefra or Bikheris and the gap between Shepseskaf and Userkaf may have mentioned Thamphthis.[2][4] Neferkare III Neby Intef III Sobekhotep III Ptolemy III Euergetes ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1647.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1647.txt