Khenut was the

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, the wife of

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Unas Unas or Wenis, also spelled Unis ( egy, wnjs, hellenized form Oenas or Onnos), was a pharaoh, the ninth and last ruler of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt during the Old Kingdom. Unas reigned for 15 to 30 years in the mid-24th century BC (circa 23 ...

. She lived during the time of the

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. She was a suspected mother of Queen

Iput Iput I was a Queen of Egypt, a daughter of King Unas, the last king of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt. She married Teti, the first Pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. Their son was Pepi I Meryre.Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal ...

Burial

Khenut was buried in a double mastaba with another queen named

Nebet Nebet (“Lady”) was created vizier during the late Old Kingdom of Egypt by Pharaoh Pepi I of the Sixth Dynasty, her son-in-law. She is the first recorded female vizier in Ancient Egyptian history; the next one was in the 26th Dynasty.Naguib Kan ...

next to the

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. The mastaba was excavated by Peter Munro. The pyramid of the Queen mother

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lies near the pyramid which belong to Khenut.

Titles

Khenut’s titles are: "Great One of the ''hetes-sceptre''" (''wrt-hetes''), "She who sees

Horus Horus or Heru, Hor, Har in Ancient Egyptian, is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities who served many functions, most notably as god of kingship and the sky. He was worshipped from at least the late prehistoric Egypt until the P ...

and

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" (''mȝȝt-ḥrw-stẖ''), "Great of Praises" (''wrt-ḥzwt''), "King’s Wife, his beloved" (''ḥmt-nisw mryt.f''), "Companion of Horus, his beloved" (''smrt-ḥrw-mryt.f''), "Consort and Beloved of the

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" (''smȝyt-mry-nbty''), and "Companion of Horus" (''tist-ḥrw''). Khenut may have been mentioned in the mortuary

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. Her tomb, unlike that of Queen Nebet, has suffered extensive damage.Wolfram Grajetzki, ''Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary'', Golden House Publications,

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References

{{Queens of Ancient Egypt Queens consort of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt