Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert behandelt in seinem Beitrag ein kleines Ostrakon, welches "Die Lehre des Amenemhet im Totentempel des
Chephren" und hier den Beginn der neunten Strophe beinhaltet.
He also points to the work of John Anthony West who presented forensic evidence that the face on the Sphinx in no way showed the features of the Pharaoh
Chephren, as Egyptologists have claimed.
The other two major pyramids in the complex were built for Pharaohs
Chephren (Khafre) and Mycerinus (Menkaure).
There are three main pyramids at Giza - Cheops,
Chephren and Mycerinus - all mausoleums to Pharaohs who lived and died as gods.
* In the 1960s, a muon detector was used to examine the
Chephren Pyramid near Cairo, Egypt.
A coach took us to the nearby pyramid of Cheops's son
Chephren. It still has some of the limestone casing at its peak, which originally would have fully covered the pyramids and allowed the sunlight to reflect off their mirror-like surfaces.
A coach took us to the nearby pyramid of Cheops' son,
Chephren. It still has some of the limestone casing at its peak, which originally would have fully covered the pyramids and allowed the sunlight to reflect off their mirror-like surfaces.
The group will visit the famous Giza Pyramids, the Valley Temple of King
Chephren, and the Great Sphinx.
Many Egyptologists believe it was carved on the instruction of the Fourth Dynasty Pharaoh
Chephren -- who built the second pyramid on the Giza plain.
In the distance we could see the Mokattam Hills, where Cheops slaves had hewn the stones we now stood upon, close at hand the bulk of
Chephren and Myercerinus.
Hawass says it was built by King
Chephren and was part of a temple complex that stood in front of the pharaoh's imposing pyramid.
I will close with the example of the statue of the pharaoh I used at the end of another article.(40) If we think of
Chephren as "form," as an "expression of the ancient Egyptian genius or imagination," then the stone out of which he is carved is of little interest except insofar as it shows us the expressive use the sculptor or sculptors have made of its cubic volume and hardness.
