What is Huni?
{{Infobox royalty | type = | name = Huni | image = Huni-StatueHead BrooklynMuseum.png | image_size = 130px | caption = Granite head of Huni | alt = Huni's head made of granite | succession = [[Pharaoh]] of Egypt | spouse =Queens [[Djefatnebti]] and [[Meresankh I]] | issue = Queen [[Hetepheres I]] and Pharaoh [[Sneferu]] | full name =Huni of Egypt | religion = [[Ancient Egyptian religion]] }} '''Huni''' was the last [[Pharaoh]] of [[Egypt]]ian Third dynasty. He was successor of [[Khaba]], and maybe Khaba's son. Huni established a fortress on the island of Elephantine, and he maybe built pyramid in Meidum. One of officials of king [[Djoser]] was also named Huni, and it's possible that this man and pharaoh Huni are the same person. Huni had two wives - [[Djefatnebti]] and [[Meresankh I]]. With Djefatnebti, he fathered [[Hetepheres I]], and with Meresankh he sired [[Sneferu]], his own successor. Sneferu became a king after Huni's death, and he married his half-sister Hetepheres. Huni's grandson - son of Sneferu - was pharaoh [[Khufu]], who built [[Great Pyramid of Giza]]. == References == *Dodson and Hilton, ''The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt'' *Toby Wilkinson: ''Early Dynastic Egypt'' {{bio-stub}} [[Category:3rd-millennium BC pharaohs]]