Khafre was the builder of the second pyramid on the Giza plateau. This diorite statue of Khafre was found by Mariette in the Granite temple near the Sphinx. It currently resides in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Statue of Khafre
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Here is another stereoscopic photograph taken in 1931 of the Graf Zeppelin’s rendezvous with the eternal desert and the pyramids of Giza. It was taken from the top of the Great pyramid and shows the zeppelin above the pyramid of Khafre.
You can put your special stereoscope back in your pocket, you wont be needing [...]
An update on the state of some of the pyramids from Heidi who has just returned from Egypt.
Water threatens the pyramid at Hawara
The ground water at Hawara is high. So high in fact that the subterranean chambers of the pyramid of Amenemhet III at Hawara are totally submerged under water. Anyone trying to [...]
This week’s photo comes courtesy of Jon Bodsworth from Egypt Archive. It is an unsual shot showing the three pyramids of Giza. In the foreground is the south-east corner of the Great pyramid, followed by Khafre’s pyramid with the pyramid of Menkaure in the background.
The three pyramids on the Giza plateau – by Jon Bodsworth
One of the main functions of Talking Pyramids is to provide up-to-date information on the Egyptian pyramids. Last year Zahi Hawass announced that he wanted all Egyptian pyramids to open to the public by 2009 though I do not think this is the case. Although I try to keep the entry prices up [...]
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I thought it’s about time I gave readers a bit of an update on some of the recent happenings here at Talking Pyramids and some of the new features that will be implemented in the near future. Aside from posting regular news items concerning the world of ancient Egyptian pyramids, one of the main [...]
This week’s photo is of Khafre’s Valley Temple, from the Brooklyn Museum’s Egyptian Lantern collection.
Valley Temple with Khafre’s Pyramid in the background
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