Statue of King Khafre
The statue of King Khafre is made of green diorite, which is the hardest material after diamond
King Khafre is the son of King Khufu, the owner of the Great Pyramid. He built a smaller pyramid next to his father's pyramid, as well as the famous Sphinx.
Khafre or Khaf-Ra (which in Egyptian means: Al-Zahir as Ra or Al-Zahir as the sun), a king of the Fourth Dynasty. He was the third or fourth king of this dynasty in the Old Kingdom. He ruled between the years 2559 and 2535 BC. He was the one who built the second pyramid in Giza.
He is most likely the son of King Khufu from a secondary wife. He assumed power after King Djedefra, who had seized power. The Pyramid of Khafra is similar in its magnitude to the pyramid of Khufu. We recognize his features through the Sphinx located next to his pyramid, which is represented in the image of a lion, indicating strength, with a human head, indicating wisdom. A carved image was also found in his temple in the Valley of the Kings, and a statue of the seated king is in the Egyptian Museum. Much is known about the period of his rule, and there is no evidence to confirm the story of the Greek traveler Herodotus, which describes Khufu and Khafre as tyrants.
his family
Khafre was one of Khufu's sons, and his mother is not yet known precisely, but it is believed that she was either Merit-etes I or Henutsen. Khafre had several brothers, the eldest of whom was Ka and Heb from a second mother, but he died young. Some scholars believe that Ka'ab was in fact a son of Snefru, and thus it is possible that Ka'ab was a brother of Khufu.
Khafre married four wives. One of them, Khafre Mernabti I, gave birth to his son Menkaure. She also gave birth to his daughter, Khafre Nabti II, whose name means in Arabic “the appearance of the beloved of the two ladies.”
The Ancient Egyptian Museum in Tahrir
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