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Khafre (in Greek 'Khephren')

King of the Fourth Dynasty (about 2600-2450) ; builder of the 'second pyramid' at Gizeh, with cult temples adjoining the Great Sphinx.

Horus name: Weser-ib
Nebty name: Weser-m-nebty
Golden Falcon name: Netjer-nub-sekhem
Nomen: Khafre

Burial place: Pyramid in Gizeh (Hölscher 1912)

Attestations in the Petrie Museum:

Seal UC 11100
UC 11100

Seal impressions from Buhen (click on the picture to see some of them)

Late Period scarab, unprovenanced (click on the image to see a larger picture)

Fragment of a mace head, found at Gizeh next to the pyramid of Khafre (click on the image to see a larger picture)

UC 11763

Further Attestations:

Sculpture representing the king:

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