Hetepheres I was a queen of Egypt during the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt who was a wife of one king, the mother of the next king, the grandmother of two more kings, and the figure who tied together two dynasties.
Tomb G 7000X of Hetepheres I, burial chamber, looking South (1926)
Armchair of Queen Hetepheres from the Cairo Museum
Mark Lehner is an American archaeologist with more than 30 years of experience excavating in Egypt. He is the director of Ancient Egypt Research Associates (AERA) and has appeared in numerous tv documentaries.