Talk:Khafra

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[edit] Chephren's seated diorite statue - cartouche

This is the amazing statue with the Horus (hawk) behind his Head.

At Khafre's right foot, to the right side, can be found his vertical cartouche. It reads as follows:


Seated Khafre–
Chepren's vertical
Cartouche
the Diorite statue
in hieroglyphs
N5
N28
I9

Sun, Sunrise, Horizontal snake. The cartouche:

(Budge's 2-vol dictionary has the same sequence. At Uraeus is the dict. Ref.)

[edit] Rename

→ Khafre like Encarta and EB

[edit] Moved from the article

Khafre built the Great Sphinx to guard his tomb, his father's tomb, and his step-brother's tomb. It has the head of Khafre and the body of a lion. -Written by:Karlie Davidson

Karlie Davidson, this could remain in the article if you supplied cites, please. -- llywrch 01:08, 11 June 2006 (UTC)