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King Khafre was a great pharaoh who was from the 4th dynasty and ruled during the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt. He reached the throne of Egypt around 2570 B.C, ruled for 26 years and was succeeded by his son Menkaure. King Khafre's Pyramid is considered the second largest landmark of its kind after the great pyramid of his father Khufu, built in the Giza necropolis and it was called ‘Wer(en)-Khafre’, in the Egyptian language, which meant ‘Khafre is Great’ in addition to his complex that contains a Valley Temple, a mortuary Temple, and the Sphinx temple, to support the colossal Great Sphinx of Giza. Archaeologists discovered several statues of Khafre the Valley temple, where fragments of inscriptions are found, with the Horus name of Khafre on them.

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Legends have passed over hundreds of years regarding the missing nose of Giza Sphinx, Where is the Sphinx’s nose? Many of us have heard the tale that a cannonball fired by Napoleon’s soldiers hit the nose and caused it to break off. The nose was actually destroyed by a Sufi Muslim named Muhammad Sa'im al-Dahr and he was later executed for vandalism. So Napoleon had nothing to do with the Sphinx's nose. If you are interested to know the whole history about Giza Sphinx, check our link

The Great Sphinx of Giza, commonly referred to as the Sphinx of Giza or just the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. Facing directly from West to East, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. . . #cairo #sphynx #sphinx #gizasphinx #giza #limestonestatue #gizaplateau #insta #instagood #instagram #instatravel #amazing #wow #howdidtheydothat #historical #egypt (at Great Sphinx of Giza) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4MOmyDn2H0/?igshid=td1s886wfouf

The Great Sphinx of Giza, commonly referred to as the Sphinx of Giza or just the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. #thegreatsphinx #gizasphinx #sphinx #gizaplateau #cairo🇪🇬 #limestonestatue #cairovlog #egypt🇪🇬 #egyptvlog #amazement #giza #head #recliningsphinx #lost_with_us #picoftheday #pictureoftheday #pictogram #wow #omg #omgpage (at The Sphinx and Giza Pyramids) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwsEg6mhzIY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1st87gg11e1tu