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Khafre
Khefren, Suphis II, Saophis
Khafre Enthroned, a funerary statue of Khafre in diorite. Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Pharaoh
Reign
About 26 years, ca. 2570 BC[1]
Predecessor
Djedefre
Successor
Bikheris (?), Menkaure
Royal titulary
Horus name
Hor-User-ib Wsr-jb Strong heart of Horus
Nebty name
User-im-nebti Wsr-m-nb.tj Strong for the Two Ladies
Golden Horus
Netjer-nub-sekhem Nṯr-nb.w-sḫm Powerful golden falcon
Abydos King List Khafre Ḫꜥ.f-Rꜥ He appears like Ra
Saqqara Tablet Khafre Ḫꜥw.f-Rꜥ He appears like Ra
Nomen
Khafre Zꜣ-Rꜥ Ḫꜥ.f-Rꜥ Son of Ra, he appears like Ra
Consort
Meresankh III, Khamerernebty I, Persenet, Hekenuhedjet
Children
Nebemakhet, Duaenre, Niuserre, Khentetka, Shepsetkau, Menkaure, Khamerernebty II, Sekhemkare, Nikaure, Ankhmare, Akhre, Iunmin, Iunre, Rekhetre, and Hemetre
Father
Khufu
Mother
Meritites I or Henutsen
Burial
Pyramid of Khafre
Monuments
Pyramid of Khafre
Dynasty
4th Dynasty
Khafre (/ˈkæfreɪ,ˈkɑːfreɪ/KA(H)F-ray) or Khafra (Ancient Egyptian: ḫꜥ.f-rꜥ, lit. 'He appears as Ra'), also known as Khephren or Chephren (/ˈkɛfrən/KEF-rən; Ancient Greek: Χεφρῆν, romanized: Chephrên), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty during the Old Kingdom. He was the son of Khufu and the successor of Djedefre.
According to the ancient historian Manetho, Khafre was followed by king Bikheris, but according to archaeological evidence he was instead followed by king Menkaure. Khafre was the builder who made the second largest pyramid at Giza. The view held by modern Egyptology at large continues to be that the Great Sphinx of Giza was built in approximately 2500 BC for Khafre.[2] Not much is known about Khafre, except from the reports of Herodotus, writing 2,000 years after his life.
^Thomas Schneider: Lexikon der Pharaonen. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3, page 102.
^"Sphinx Project: Why Sequence is Important". 2007. Archived from the original on July 26, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
Khafre (/ˈkæfreɪ, ˈkɑːfreɪ/ KA(H)F-ray) or Khafra (Ancient Egyptian: ḫꜥ.f-rꜥ, lit. 'He appears as Ra'), also known as Khephren or Chephren (/ˈkɛfrən/ KEF-rən;...
The pyramid of Khafre or of Chephren (Arabic: هرم خفرع, romanized: haram ḵafraʿ, IPA: [haram xafraʕ]) is the middle of the three Ancient Egyptian Pyramids...
In cryptography, Khufu and Khafre are two block ciphers designed by Ralph Merkle in 1989 while working at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. Along with...
Khafre Enthroned is a Ka statue of the Pharaoh Khafre, who reigned during the Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (c. 2570 BCE). It is now located in the...
originally a door lintel of Khafre's valley or pyramid temple. Several hieroglyphic inscriptions were found on the walls of the Khafre temples. as well as several...
Giza necropolis) in Egypt is home to the Great Pyramid, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes...
in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx appears to represent the pharaoh Khafre. The original shape of the Sphinx was cut from the bedrock, and has since...
that was credited to Khafre. She became the longest living royal member of the dynasty, living into the reign of Shepseskaf. Khafre, son of Khufu, succeeded...
Fourth Dynasty Giza pyramid complex, which includes the pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, the Great Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers' village and...
according to archaeological evidence, he was almost certainly the successor of Khafre. Africanus (from Syncellus) reports as rulers of the fourth dynasty Sôris...
BC: Reign of Khafre. the Pyramid of Khafre is built, along with the Great Sphinx of Giza, a monumental sculpture of a pharaoh (either Khafre or Khufu) with...
used as a necropolis. c. 2500 BC: The Pyramid of Khafre, Giza, is built. c. 2500 BC: The sculpture Khafre Enthroned is made. c. 2500 BC: People in Peru rely...
Sneferu, who perfected the art of pyramid-building, and the kings Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, who constructed the pyramids at Giza. Egypt attained its first...
a few hundred meters southwest of its larger neighbors, the pyramid of Khafre and the Great Pyramid of Khufu in the Giza necropolis. In 1837 Howard Vyse...
BCE Old Kingdom of Egypt Fourth Dynasty of Egypt Snefru Khufu Djedefre Khafre Bikheris Menkaure Shepseskaf Thamphthis Ur I dynasty Mesannepada "King of...
BCE Old Kingdom of Egypt Fourth Dynasty of Egypt Snefru Khufu Djedefre Khafre Bikheris Menkaure Shepseskaf Thamphthis Ur I dynasty Mesannepada "King of...
Also known as Radjedef and Ratoises. Became the first throne successor. Khafre: Most possibly second throne successor Djedefhor: Also known as Hordjedef...
is commonly accepted by Egyptologists to represent the likeness of King Khafre who is often credited as the builder as well. This would place the time...
which implies the two larger pyramids were still attributed to Khufu and Khafre in the New Kingdom. It reads: "He yoked the horses in Memphis, when he was...
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