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Khafre [a] or Chephren [b] (died c. 2532 BC) was an ancient Egyptian monarch who was the fourth king of the Fourth Dynasty, during the earlier half of the Old Kingdom period (c. 2700–2200 BC). He was son of the king Khufu , and succeeded his brother Djedefre to the throne.
Djedefre married his brother Kawab's widow, Hetepheres II, Khafre, after Djedefre's death. [4] Another queen, Khentetenka is known from statue fragments in the Abu Rowash mortuary temple. [5] Known children of Djedefre are: Hornit (“Eldest King's Son of His Body”) known from a statue depicting him and his wife. [6]
The pyramid of Khafre or of Chephren is the middle of the three Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza, the second tallest and second largest of the group. It is the only pyramid out of the three that still has cladding at the top. It is the tomb of the Fourth-Dynasty Pharaoh Khafre (Chefren), who ruled c. 2558−2532 BC. [4]
E. A. Wallis Budge agreed that the Sphinx predated Khafre's reign, writing in The Gods of the Egyptians (1904): "This marvelous object [the Great Sphinx] was in existence in the days of Khafre, or Khephren, [b] and it is probable that it is a very great deal older than his reign and that it dates from the end of the archaic period [c. 2686 BC ...
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Khafre Enthroned is a Ka statue of the King Khafre, who reigned during the Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. It is now located in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo . The construction is made of anorthosite gneiss (related to diorite ), a valuable, extremely hard, and dark stone brought 400 miles down the Nile River from royal quarries.
In the wake of Chadwick Boseman's death from colon cancer in 2020, director Ryan Coogler had to decide who would carry the mantle of the beloved Marvel Cinematic Universe hero forward into Phase 5 ...
Djedefhor or Hordjedef (died c. 2530 BC [1]) was a noble Egyptian of the 4th Dynasty. He was the son of King Khufu and his name means "Enduring Like Horus ". Biography