Nefertkau III was an Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...

ian Princess

Princess

Princess is the feminine form of prince . Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or his daughters....

. She lived during the 4th dynasty. She was possibly a daughter of Meresankh II

Meresankh II

Meresankh II was a Queen of Egypt who lived during 4th dynasty.-Family:Meresankh II's parents are assumed to be King Khufu and Queen Meritites I given that they are mentioned in Meresankh's mastaba. She is never explicitly called their daughter however...

 and Prince Horbaef

Horbaef

Horbaef was an Ancient Egyptian prince of the 4th dynasty. His title was "king's son". He was named after god Horus.- Biography :...

 and thus sister of Nebty-tepites

Nebty-tepites

G16-tp-it-aNebty-tepites was a Princess of Ancient Egypt. She is mentioned in the tomb of her mother, Meresankh II.- Biography :...

. She was married to an official named Iynefer

Iynefer II

Iynefer II was an ancient Egyptian Prince, son of Pharaoh Khufu. He was named after his uncle Iynefer I. Iynefer II's wife was called Nefertkau III; she was his niece, and they had one son and one daughter. Both Iynefer and his wife are buried in the mastaba G 7820 at Giza, Egypt.-References:...

. She was buried with her husband in G 7820.

Family

Nefertkau was possibly a daughter of Meresankh II

Meresankh II

Meresankh II was a Queen of Egypt who lived during 4th dynasty.-Family:Meresankh II's parents are assumed to be King Khufu and Queen Meritites I given that they are mentioned in Meresankh's mastaba. She is never explicitly called their daughter however...

 and Prince Horbaef

Horbaef

Horbaef was an Ancient Egyptian prince of the 4th dynasty. His title was "king's son". He was named after god Horus.- Biography :...

. If so, she was a granddaughter of King Khufu

Khufu

Khufu , also known as Cheops or, in Manetho, Suphis , was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom. He reigned from around 2589 to 2566 BC. Khufu was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty. He is generally accepted as being the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of...

. Baud has proposed that Nefertkau is a daughter of Khufu

Khufu

Khufu , also known as Cheops or, in Manetho, Suphis , was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom. He reigned from around 2589 to 2566 BC. Khufu was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty. He is generally accepted as being the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of...

 instead. Nefertkau has the titles King's daughter of his body and Priestess of Neith

Neith

In Egyptian mythology, Neith was an early goddess in the Egyptian pantheon. She was the patron deity of Sais, where her cult was centered in the Western Nile Delta of Egypt and attested as early as the First Dynasty...

 in a scene in the chapel of her tomb. Nefertkau and Iynefer had a daughter also called Nefertkau and two or three sons.

Tomb

Nefertkau and Iynefer were buried in G 7820 which is part of a double mastaba

Mastaba

A mastaba, or "pr-djt" , is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with outward sloping sides that marked the burial site of many eminent Egyptians of Egypt's ancient period...

. Mastaba G 7810 belongs to Djaty. Strudwick has suggested that Iynefer may also be a son of Khufu

Khufu

Khufu , also known as Cheops or, in Manetho, Suphis , was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom. He reigned from around 2589 to 2566 BC. Khufu was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty. He is generally accepted as being the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of...

. Depending on the interpretation of the family relationships Nefertkau may have married either her uncle or her brother. The tomb is located in the east field

Giza East Field

The East Field is located to the east of Khufu’s pyramid and contains cemetery G 7000. This cemetery was a burial place for some of the family members of Khufu....

 which is part of the Giza Necropolis.

Chapel

Scenes show Nefertkau and her husband. In one scene a small girl is shown between her parent. She is called "their daughter Nefertkau". In the same scene a small boy appears before his father, but no name is recorded. In another scene two small boys and a slightly larger man are depicted with Iynefer. The two small boys are sons, the larger figure may be a depiction of their eldest son.

Burial shafts

Two burial shafts were constructed. The husband is thought to have been buried in the shaft labeled G 7820A, while Nefertkau was likely buried in shaft G 7820B. In G 7820A no traces of a coffin were found, and there was no canopic pit or recess. In G 7820B no traces of a coffin were found either, but there was a canopic pit in the southeast corner of the burial chamber.