King Khafre Seated

King Hafra is sitting on the art of Egypt, famous all over the world - it is classified as a gigantic pyramid and sphinx. These are effective forms of Egyptian art, but they do not constitute the whole national history of art. On the contrary, the oldest examples of old Egyptian art duplications can probably be seen in the depiction of their human figure. Interest in portraits developed in the early days of Egypt. (Gardner, 75) Whether you paint on pottery or cut into rocks, these characters have the characteristics of Egypt.

Pyramid building of Khafre in Valley Temple, Sphinx Temple, Causeway, consists of the Mortuary Temple and King's Pyramid,. The Valley Temple produced several Khafre statues. In 1860, Mariette found some in the wells of the temple. Others were discovered during the continuous excavation of Sieglin (1909-10), Junker, Reisner and Hassan. The Khafre complex consists of five boat pits and an auxiliary pyramid of serdab. In fact, the height and size are getting smaller. The pyramid of Khafre holds an important casing stone at its vertex

The temple near Hafra Valley in the south of the big pyramid is the Great Sphinx. Sphinx carved a rock with the characteristics of King Khafre's face, but the body of the reclining lion, it is about 240 feet long and 66 feet tall. Sphinx protects the hilly area and the bank road of craft. About 2465 BC - half way of the old kingdom - the pyramid suddenly became less important. Although nobody knows the reason, many scholars believe that the kingdom was exhausted as each Pharaoh's efforts exceeded his predecessor since the cuff pyramid was built for about 23 years. Some pharaohs died before the pyramid was built.