Portrait of Khafre Enthroned

Khafre Enthroned

funerary statue in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, c. 2570 BCE

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. Made of anorthosite gneiss, a valuable, extremely hard, and dark stone, it was brought 1,000 km (620 mi) down the Nile River from the "Khafre quarries" west of Gebel el-Asr. The statue was carved for the Pharaoh's valley temple near the Great Sphinx, a part of the necropolis used in funeral rituals.
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Khafre Enthroned, side view

Khafre Enthroned, side view

Egyptian Museum, Cairo

The statue of Khafre from his valley temple at Giza, now in the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities in Cairo. A figure of a falcon—the god Horus—extends his wings around the king's head. 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.

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Khafre Enthroned, near-front view

Khafre Enthroned, near-front view

Egyptian Museum, Cairo

The statue of Khafre from his valley temple at Giza, now in the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities in Cairo. Fourth Dynasty, 26th century BC. 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.

A. Parrot · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Khafre Enthroned, three-quarter view

Khafre Enthroned, three-quarter view

Egyptian Museum, Cairo

The same statue, currently located at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, as photographed from a similar angle in 2015. 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.

A. Parrot · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Statue of Khafre in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Statue of Khafre in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo

en:Egyptian Museum, Cairo: statue of king Khafre Enthroned, 4th Dynasty, en:Old Kingdom of Egypt. 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.

Djehouty · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Chephren CG 14

Chephren CG 14

Khafre Enthroned, as photographed in 1911. 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.

Ludwig Borchardt (1863-1938) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Kairo Museum Sitzstatue Chephren 06

Kairo Museum Sitzstatue Chephren 06

Sitzstatue des Königs Chephren der 4. altägyptischen Dynastie, ausgestellt im Ägyptischen Museum in Kairo, Ägypten. 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.

Olaf Tausch · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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