Valley Temple of Khafre

E176340

ancient Egyptian temple mortuary temple valley temple

The Valley Temple of Khafre is an ancient Egyptian mortuary temple at Giza, notable for its massive limestone and granite construction and its role in the funerary complex of the pharaoh Khafre.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Valley Temple of Khafre canonical	3
Mortuary Temple of Khafre	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian temple ⓘ mortuary temple ⓘ valley temple ⓘ
approximateDateOfConstruction	circa 2520–2494 BCE ⓘ
architecturalFeature	T-shaped hall ⓘ central court ⓘ colonnaded hall ⓘ granite wall casing ⓘ massive core blocks ⓘ statue niches ⓘ
associatedWith	Khafre ⓘ
builtFor	Khafre ⓘ
connectedTo	Causeway of Khafre ⓘ Valley Temple of Khafre self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mortuary Temple of Khafre Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ
constructionMaterial	alabaster ⓘ granite ⓘ limestone ⓘ
contains	statue bases of Khafre ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
culture	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
dedicatedTo	Khafre ⓘ
discoveredBy	Auguste Mariette ⓘ
dynasty	Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
excavatedBy	Auguste Mariette ⓘ George Andrew Reisner ⓘ
function	embalming and purification of the king’s body ⓘ funerary temple ⓘ
hasEntranceFrom	Nile floodplain ⓘ
hasFloorMaterial	alabaster ⓘ
hasOrientation	east–west ⓘ
locatedIn	Egypt ⓘ Giza ⓘ Giza ⓘ surface form: Giza Plateau
materialSource	Aswan granite ⓘ surface form: Aswan granite quarries Tura quarries ⓘ surface form: Mokattam limestone quarries
near	Great Sphinx of Giza ⓘ
notableFor	exceptional state of preservation ⓘ megalithic stone construction ⓘ
partOf	Giza Pyramids ⓘ surface form: Giza pyramid complex Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ surface form: Khafre pyramid complex
period	Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
religion	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
style	Old Kingdom royal temple architecture ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ Giza Pyramids ⓘ surface form: Pyramids of Giza
usedFor	cult of the dead king ⓘ royal funerary rituals ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khafre → commissioned → Valley Temple of Khafre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mortuary Temple of Khafre

Sphinx Temple → near → Valley Temple of Khafre ⓘ

Sphinx Temple → linkedRituallyTo → Valley Temple of Khafre ⓘ

Valley Temple of Khafre → connectedTo → Valley Temple of Khafre self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mortuary Temple of Khafre