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  2. Khafre Enthroned - Wikipedia

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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.

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  4. Fourth Dynasty of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Khafre's famous statue, where a falcon was incorporated into his headgear, equated the king to the god Horus. This fact, however, caused controversy. It was pitting Khafre's allegiance to Horus against the growing Cult of Ra, not far away in Helipolis. [11] Kings no longer associated pyramids with the afterlife. The afterlife was once believed ...

  5. Ankhhaf (sculpture) - Wikipedia

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    It depicts a mature man and was therefore likely made during the reign of Khafre (circa 2520–2494 BC). One of the earliest – and even after four and a half thousand years, still among the finest – true sculptured portraits, it is an almost unprecedented depiction of the unidealised features of an actual man.

  6. Pyramid G2-a - Wikipedia

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    Pyramid G2-a is the name of the satellite pyramid of Khafre. The structure was located on the south side of the main pyramid, along its centerline, and likely housed a statue dedicated to the king's ka. [1] The structure contains two descending passages: The first opened on the north side of the pyramid and terminated in a small chamber.

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  8. Djedefre - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Giza Plateau - Wikipedia

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    From north to south: parts of the city of Giza, the Giza Necropolis, and part of the Giza plateau. The Giza Plateau (Arabic: هضبة الجيزة) is a limestone plateau in Giza, Egypt, the site of the Fourth Dynasty Giza pyramid complex, which includes the pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, the Great Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers' village and an industrial complex.