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07: Khafra, He Appears Like the Sun

07: Khafra, He Appears Like the Sun

The History of Egypt Podcast

March 4, 201337m 4s

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Show Notes

A forgotten heir; a Great Sphinx. Following the death of King Khufu, the throne passed to one of his sons, Djed-ef-Ra. Then, it passed to Khafra ("He Appears Like Ra"). These kings are important, but only Khafra is remembered thanks to his enormous pyramid and the Great Sphinx of Giza...


Select Bibliography:

  • Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, 1994 (Amazon).
  • Erik Hornung, Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: the One and the Many, 1996 (Amazon).
  • Mark Lehner, The Complete Pyramids, 2008 (Amazon).
  • Gay Robins, The Art of Ancient Egypt, 2008 (Amazon).
  • John Romer, A History of Egypt: from the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid, 2013 (Amazon).
  • Robert Wenke, The Ancient Egyptian State, 2009 (Amazon).

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