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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.
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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.
Constructed in 2570 BC, the structure serves as the tomb of Fourth Dynasty Pharaoh Khafre, who ruled for roughly 26 years. Its pyramid complex, ...
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]
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Archaeologists Found a 3,000-Year-Old Fort in the Desert—and It Holds Evidence of a Pharaoh. Tim Newcomb. September 9, 2024 at 11:55 AM. ... (Luis Leclere) - Getty Images.
Before being defaced, the Great Sphinx bore the face of Pharaoh Khafre, the builder of the Second Pyramid at Giza Natural rock formation at Farafra, Egypt. The archaeological evidence suggests that the Great Sphinx was created around 2500 BC for the king Khafre, the builder of the Second Pyramid at Giza. [19]