Career
She was a wife of Egyptian Pharaoh Neferirkare Kakai of the Fifth Dynasty. She was the mother of Pharaohs Neferefre and Nyuserre Ini. Khentkaus II was the wife of Neferirkare Kakai.
After the building was resumed her title was king"s mother (mwt nswt).
A limestone fragment was found in the pyramid complex mentioning a King"s Daughter Reputnebty, who is followed by a King"s Son Khentykauhor. From context, Reputnebty was a daughter of Nyuserre and hence a granddaughter of Khentkaus.
A further King"s Son Irenre Junior (nedjes) is mentioned. Titles:
The King"s Mother Khentkaus is mentioned in the Abusir Papyri.
The pyramid had initially been excavated in 1906 by Borchardt.
The structure was then thought to be a double mastaba and was not excavated very thoroughly. Seventy years later the Czechoslovakian Institute conducted a thorough excavation of the site. The pyramid was robbed during the First Intermediate Period.
During the Middle Kingdom the pyramid was reopened and the sarcophagus reused for the burial of a young child.
By the end of the New Kingdom the destruction of the site occurred when stones were taken form the site to be reused elsewhere. The mortuary temple of Khentkaues II was decorated, but the reliefs were damaged and what remains are a collection of fragments.
The scenes included depictions of offerings, a funeral meal, agricultural scenes, the procession of funerary estates and the family of King Nyuserre greeting the Queen-Mother.
