Khafre

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Khafre
Khefren, Suphis II, Saophis
Khafre Enthroned, a funerary statue of Khafre in diorite. Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Pharaoh
Reign	About 26 years, ca. 2570 BC[1]
Predecessor	Djedefre
Successor	Bikheris (?), Menkaure
Royal titulary Horus name Hor-User-ib Wsr-jb Strong heart of Horus Nebty name User-im-nebti Wsr-m-nb.tj Strong for the Two Ladies Golden Horus Netjer-nub-sekhem Nṯr-nb.w-sḫm Powerful golden falcon Abydos King List Khafre Ḫꜥ.f-Rꜥ He appears like Ra Saqqara Tablet Khafre Ḫꜥw.f-Rꜥ He appears like Ra Nomen Khafre Zꜣ-Rꜥ Ḫꜥ.f-Rꜥ Son of Ra, he appears like Ra
Consort	Meresankh III, Khamerernebty I, Persenet, Hekenuhedjet
Children	Nebemakhet, Duaenre, Niuserre, Khentetka, Shepsetkau, Menkaure, Khamerernebty II, Sekhemkare, Nikaure, Ankhmare, Akhre, Iunmin, Iunre, Rekhetre, and Hemetre
Father	Khufu
Mother	Meritites I or Henutsen
Burial	Pyramid of Khafre
Monuments	Pyramid of Khafre, Great Sphinx of Giza
Dynasty	4th Dynasty

Khafre (/ˈkæfreɪ, ˈkɑːfreɪ/ KA(H)F-ray) or Khafra (Ancient Egyptian: ḫꜥ.f-rꜥ, lit. 'He appears as Ra'), also known as Khephren or Chephren (/ˈkɛfrən/ KEF-rən; Ancient Greek: Χεφρῆν, romanized: Chephrên), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty during the Old Kingdom. He was the son of Khufu and the successor of Djedefre.

According to the ancient historian Manetho, Khafre was followed by king Bikheris, but according to archaeological evidence he was instead followed by king Menkaure. Khafre was the builder who made the second largest pyramid at Giza. The view held by modern Egyptology at large continues to be that the Great Sphinx of Giza was built in approximately 2500 BC for Khafre.^[2] Not much is known about Khafre, except from the reports of Herodotus, writing 2,000 years after his life.