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Statue of King Khafre Enthroned

This perfectly modeled and well-polished life-size funerary statue depicts king Khafre, the builder of the second largest pyramid at Giza. It was found in a pit in the antechamber of his Valley Temple at Giza. The construction is made of anorthosite gneiss, a valuable, extremely hard, and dark stone brought 400 miles down the Nile River from royal quarries.

The king is seated on a throne flanked by lion heads. The two sides of the throne are decorated with the sema-tawy, symbol of the unity of Upper and Lower Egypt. Khafre wears the nemes headdress, surmounted by the uraeus, or rearing cobra. He wears the royal shyndt kilt, attached to his chin is an artificial ceremonial sacred false beard. The king is protected by the god Horus, represented as a falcon, perched at the back of his neck. 

This artifact is a masterpiece of craftsmanship. The sculptor was able to depict the details of the facial features and muscles of the body, in spite of the hardness of the stone. Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, around 2570 BC. From the Valley Temple of Khafre. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 10062