General Notes

ruled: 2416 - 2392 BC

King Niuserre was the son of king Nefererkare and succeeded his elder brother Neferefre on the throne when he died as a young man. Being not very old himself (probably in his early twenties) Niuserre had a time on the throne (of disputable duration) under which he accomplished building projects of vast size and high quality. Besides his own pyramid complex and big solar temple of stone, he also finished the monuments of his father and mother and to a curtain extent also his brother's.
From this time come graves of officials showing great wealth and this slow shift of power made the Old Kingdom collapse at the end of the next dynasty.