Khafre or Khaf-Ra
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 is the third or fourth king of this dynasty in the Old Kingdom. It is believed that he 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. It is also believed that the owner of the Sphinx, which is located next to his pyramid and is represented in the form of a lion, indicates 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. Not much is known about the period of his rule, and there is no evidence to confirm the account of the Greek traveler Herodotus, which describes Khufu and Khafre as tyrants.
Khafre was one of Khufu's sons and his mother is not yet known exactly, but is believed to be either Meritets 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, “Kha Mernabti II,” whose name means in Arabic “the appearance of the beloved of the two ladies.”
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