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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]
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]
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.
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.
The adventurous dog that climbed all the way to the top of the Pyramid of Khafre in Egypt has finally descended. ... the structure serves as the tomb of Fourth Dynasty Pharaoh Khafre, who ruled ...
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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.
Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and suspect it may be of the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII.