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  2. Khafre Enthroned - Wikipedia

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    Khafre Enthroned is a Ka statue of the Pharaoh 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, a valuable, extremely hard, and dark stone brought 400 miles down the Nile River from royal quarries. [1]

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. File:Khafre Enthroned, near-front view.JPG - Wikipedia

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  8. In 1919, Corbin expelled all its Black residents. Here’s why ...

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    I first learned of the Corbin Expulsion through a writing contest conducted by Virginia’s Barter Theatre in 2021. Playwrights were invited to select from a list of historical events experienced ...

  9. Egyptian temple - Wikipedia

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    In most temples, the focus was the cult image: a statue of the temple god which that god's ba was believed to inhabit while interacting with humans. [ Note 6 ] The sanctuary in these temples contained either a naos , a cabinet-like shrine that housed the divine image, or a model barque containing the image within its cabin, which was used to ...