While most conversations about Giza focus on Khufu’s Great Pyramid or Hemiunu’s engineering, Episode 262 shifts the lens to a controversial figure who may have been erased from history. We explore Djedefre, Khufu’s son and successor, and his decision to abandon the family tomb site at Giza to build his own pyramid complex at Abusir. This move was seen by ancient rivals as an act of treason, potentially leading to his damnatio memoriae. Lucas and Luna examine the archaeological evidence for this royal fracture, including the discovery of Djedefre’s red granite head in Paris and the unique architectural features of his unfinished monument. We also look at how modern archaeologists are piecing together the truth behind the 'black pharaoh' myth and what this sibling rivalry reveals about power dynamics in the Fourth Dynasty.
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