Khafre
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Khafre was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, best known for commissioning the second-largest pyramid at Giza and likely the Great Sphinx.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khafre canonical | 48 |
| Chephren | 1 |
| Khafra | 1 |
| Khefren | 1 |
| Pharaoh Khafre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T229359 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Khafre Context triple: [Pyramid of Khafre, builder, Khafre]
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Khufu
Khufu was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, best known for commissioning the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza.
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Pyramid of Khafre
The Pyramid of Khafre is the second-largest of the Giza pyramids, built as the tomb of the Pharaoh Khafre and notable for its relatively well-preserved casing stones and association with the Great Sphinx.
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Ineb-hedj
Ineb-hedj is the ancient Egyptian name for the city later known as Memphis, a major political and religious center of early Egypt.
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Shabaka Stone
The Shabaka Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt slab inscribed with a theological and cosmological text from the 25th Dynasty that preserves a Memphite creation myth and early philosophical ideas about the god Ptah.
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Pyramid of Menkaure
The Pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three major pyramids on the Giza Plateau, built as the tomb of the Pharaoh Menkaure during Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Khafre Target entity description: Khafre was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, best known for commissioning the second-largest pyramid at Giza and likely the Great Sphinx.
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Khufu
Khufu was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, best known for commissioning the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza.
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Pyramid of Khafre
The Pyramid of Khafre is the second-largest of the Giza pyramids, built as the tomb of the Pharaoh Khafre and notable for its relatively well-preserved casing stones and association with the Great Sphinx.
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C.
Ineb-hedj
Ineb-hedj is the ancient Egyptian name for the city later known as Memphis, a major political and religious center of early Egypt.
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Shabaka Stone
The Shabaka Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt slab inscribed with a theological and cosmological text from the 25th Dynasty that preserves a Memphite creation myth and early philosophical ideas about the god Ptah.
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Pyramid of Menkaure
The Pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three major pyramids on the Giza Plateau, built as the tomb of the Pharaoh Menkaure during Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fourth Dynasty pharaoh
ⓘ
ancient Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Khafre
ⓘ
surface form:
Chephren
Khafre ⓘ
surface form:
Khafra
Khafre ⓘ
surface form:
Khefren
|
| associatedDeity |
Horus
ⓘ
Ra ⓘ |
| associatedWithMonument | Great Sphinx of Giza ⓘ |
| associatedWithSite |
Giza
ⓘ
surface form:
Giza Plateau
|
| burialComplex |
Giza Pyramids
ⓘ
surface form:
Giza pyramid complex
|
| burialPlace | Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ |
| child |
Ankhmare
ⓘ
Khamerernebty I ⓘ
surface form:
Khamerernebty II
Menkaure ⓘ Sekhemkare ⓘ
surface form:
Nikaure
Sekhemkare ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | one of the later kings of the Fourth Dynasty ⓘ |
| commissioned |
Valley Temple of Khafre
ⓘ
surface form:
Mortuary Temple of Khafre
Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ Valley Temple of Khafre ⓘ |
| cultCenter | Giza ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| father | Khufu ⓘ |
| knownFor |
monumental building projects at Giza
ⓘ
probable builder of the Great Sphinx ⓘ second pyramid at Giza ⓘ |
| likelyCommissioned | Great Sphinx of Giza ⓘ |
| mother | Henutsen ⓘ |
| name | Khafre self-link ⓘ |
| possibleFather |
Pharaoh Sneferu
ⓘ
surface form:
Sneferu
|
| praenomenMeaning | Appearing like Re ⓘ |
| predecessor | Djedefre ⓘ |
| pyramidAngle | about 53°10′ ⓘ |
| pyramidBaseLength | about 215.25 metres ⓘ |
| pyramidHeightCurrent | about 136.4 metres ⓘ |
| pyramidHeightOriginal | about 143.5 metres ⓘ |
| pyramidLocation |
Giza
ⓘ
surface form:
Giza, Egypt
|
| pyramidRankAtGiza | second-largest pyramid at Giza ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Egypt
|
| reignDynasty | Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ |
| reignPeriod | Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| royalTitle |
Horus
ⓘ
surface form:
Horus-king
King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ |
| spouse |
Khamerernebty I
ⓘ
Meresankh III ⓘ |
| successor | Menkaure ⓘ |
| throneName | Khafre self-link ⓘ |
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Subject: Khafre Description of subject: Khafre was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, best known for commissioning the second-largest pyramid at Giza and likely the Great Sphinx.
Referenced by (52)
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