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. The construction is made of anorthosite gneiss, a valuable, extremely hard, and dark stone brought 400 miles down the Nile River from royal quarries. [1]

The sculpture shows king Khafre enthroned, wearing the royal headdress, known as the nemes, and a false beard, both of which were symbols of kingship in ancient Egypt. It is is considered one of the iconic masterpieces of ancient Egyptian art.

This statue, often referred to as “Khafre Enthroned,” is one of the most important and iconic surviving sculptures from ancient Egypt. It depicts the Fourth Dynasty (ca. 2500 BCE) pharaoh Khafre slightly larger-than-life and seated upon a lion-pawed throne.

This statue depicts King Khafre (Khefren to the Greeks), the builder of the second largest pyramid at Giza. It was found in the valley temple of his pyramid complex. The king is majestically seated on a throne with all the confidence of a man who built a mountain.

This beautiful statue of King Khafre (called by the Greeks Khefren) i s not only one of the masterpieces of the Egyptian Museum but one of the most important sculptures of ancient Egypt. The statue was found by Auguste Mariette in 1860 during his excavations in the Valley Temple of Khafre’s pyramid complex near the Great Sphinx and was one of ...

2022年5月29日 · Currently located in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Khafre Enthroned funerary statue measures at five foot six. It was discovered in the chamber room (the serdab) in the Valley Temple of Khafre. Khafre Enthroned shows Old Kingdom pharaoh Khafre seated in a lion-decorated throne.

Khafre Enthroned, a funerary statue of Khafre in diorite. Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Khafre[a] or Chephren[b] (died c. 2532 BC) was an ancient Egyptian monarch who was the fourth king of the Fourth Dynasty, during the earlier half of the Old Kingdom period (c. 2700–2200 BC).

Khafre’s valley temple, linked to the pyramid by a causeway, was constructed of great monolithic blocks of granite and contained remarkable statues of the king carved from diorite taken from a remote quarry in the Nubian Desert.

2022年2月3日 · Depicting Pharaoh Khafre, son of Khufu, at the height of his power, this splendid 4,500-year-old work of art is considered a masterpiece of Egyptian statuary. Although it was made not to be seen, today its beauty continues to fascinate travelers who visit it in Cairo.

Khafre Enthroned is a funerary statue of the Pharaoh Khafre, who reigned during the Fourth dynasty of ancient Egypt (c. 2570 BC). It is now located in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.