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Khafre's pyramid is smaller than his father Khufu's Great Pyramid. It stands at around 144 m. However, Khafre had built a much more elaborate mortuary temple - entrance hall, colonnaded courtyard, niches for royal statuary, storage chambers, and interior sanctuary. Later pyramids would be significantly smaller, with greater emphasis on these mortuary temples.
Khafre's burial site also included the Sphinx. Carved from bedrock in front of Khafre's pyramid, the Sphinx depicts the pharaoh as a human-headed lion, wearing the headdress of the pharaohs. |
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