Pyramid of Khafre

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Egyptian pyramid archaeological site royal tomb

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Pyramid of Khafre canonical	24
Khafre pyramid complex	1
Third Pyramid of Giza	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Egyptian pyramid ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ royal tomb ⓘ
approximateConstructionDate	c. 2570 BC ⓘ
architecturalStyle	true pyramid ⓘ
associatedWith	Great Sphinx of Giza ⓘ
baseLength	about 215.25 metres ⓘ
builder	Khafre ⓘ
constructionPeriod	Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
culturalSignificance	iconic monument of ancient Egyptian civilization ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Khafre ⓘ
function	funerary monument ⓘ
hasEntrance	north face entrance ⓘ
hasFeature	causeway linking pyramid and valley temple ⓘ descending passage ⓘ enclosure wall ⓘ granite-lined burial chamber ⓘ limestone core blocks ⓘ mortuary temple on the east side ⓘ relatively well-preserved casing stones at the top ⓘ satellite pyramids (ruined) ⓘ subterranean chamber ⓘ valley temple connected by causeway ⓘ
height	about 136.4 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation	World Heritage Site component ⓘ
locatedIn	Egypt ⓘ Giza ⓘ Giza Governorate ⓘ Giza Pyramids ⓘ surface form: Giza pyramid complex
material	granite ⓘ limestone ⓘ
namedAfter	Khafre ⓘ
nearbyStructure	Great Pyramid of Giza ⓘ surface form: Great Pyramid of Khufu Pyramid of Menkaure ⓘ
originalHeight	about 143.5 metres ⓘ
ownership	Egypt ⓘ surface form: Arab Republic of Egypt
partOf	Giza Pyramids ⓘ surface form: Giza pyramid complex Saqqara necropolis ⓘ surface form: Memphis necropolis
pharaohDynasty	Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
proximityTo	Great Sphinx of Giza ⓘ
purpose	tomb of Pharaoh Khafre ⓘ
relativeSize	second-largest pyramid at Giza ⓘ slightly smaller than the Great Pyramid of Khufu ⓘ
slopeAngle	about 53 degrees ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1979 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

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

Giza → famousFor → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Giza → hasPart → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

subject surface form: Giza pyramid complex

Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur → contains → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Great Pyramid of Giza → nearbyStructure → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Nazlet El-Semman → locatedNear → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Pyramid of Menkaure → smallerThan → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Pyramid of Menkaure → nearbyStructure → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Great Sphinx of Giza → locatedNear → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Old Kingdom of Egypt → hasMonument → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Fourth Dynasty of Egypt → notableMonument → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Tura limestone → usedIn → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Khafre → burialPlace → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Khafre → commissioned → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Giza Governorate → contains → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Giza Pyramids → hasPart → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Sphinx Temple → near → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Memphis necropolis → notableStructure → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Giza core limestone → usedIn → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Memphite necropolis → hasPart → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Valley Temple of Khafre → partOf → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Khafre pyramid complex

Valley Temple of Khafre → connectedTo → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Grand Egyptian Museum → nearbyAttraction → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Queens' pyramids → locatedNear → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Cairo skyline → hasViewOf → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

Mn-k3w-Rˁ → associatedWithMonument → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Pyramid of Giza

John Shae Perring → workedOn → Pyramid of Khafre ⓘ