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<< Our Photo Pages >> Khafre's Pyramid - Pyramid / Mastaba in Egypt in Lower Egypt (North)

Submitted by Klingon on Sunday, 24 July 2005  Page Views: 14871

Multi-periodSite Name: Khafre's Pyramid Alternative Name: Chephren Pyramid, Pyramid of Chefren
Country: Egypt Region: Lower Egypt (North) Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Nearest Town: Cairo
Latitude: 29.975900N  Longitude: 31.130350E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4.75

Khafre's Pyramid
Khafre's Pyramid submitted by Thorgrim : The most awesome experience is to enter the Pyramid of Khafre at Giza. Is it just a coincidence that Giza is located exactly 30 degrees and zero minutes from the equator? (Cairo is 30 degrees 1 minute North) Just think about it - some time before 2,500 BC, the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom placed the Sphinx and the great pyramids exactly one third of the way up from the equator and two thirds of t... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Second largest pyramid with a height of 144 metres and sides of 211 metres and a slope of 53.7 degrees. From some angles it looks taller than Khufu's as it is built slightly higher on the Giza Plateau.

It has a 14 metre long by 5 metre wide and about 7 metre high central chamber connected to the surface by a long very narrow sloped passage to the north side. There is another chamber lower down, but it is currently not accessible. There is a 3 metre long pink granite sarcophagus still in the chamber.

On the south side, there is a satellite pyramid for the queen. Khafre was Khufu's second son, and succeeded to the throne as Djedefre died died relatively early. Khafre has a wonderful statue in the Cairo Museum and an other slightly less well preserved one in the Aswan Museum.

Part of the Great Pyramids area with Khufu's Pyramid, Khafre's Pyramid, Menkaure's Pyramid, Great Sphinx and Mastaba Cemetery.
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Khafre's Pyramid
Khafre's Pyramid submitted by davidmorgan : They carved quite far down into the Giza plateau to get a level base for this one. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Khafre's Pyramid
Khafre's Pyramid submitted by nicoladidsbury : Kafre's Pyramid and the Sphinx lit up at night time. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Khafre's Pyramid
Khafre's Pyramid submitted by nicoladidsbury : The Sphinx and Egyptian pharaoh Khefre's Pyramid Photo taken during "Sound and Light Show" http://www.sound-light.egypt.com/pyr.htm (Vote or comment on this photo)

Khafre's Pyramid
Khafre's Pyramid submitted by 43559959 : Giza. The sun disk crowning the pyramid of Khephren. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Khafre's Pyramid
Khafre's Pyramid submitted by Orcinus : Khafre's Pyramid, May 2009

Khafre's Pyramid
Khafre's Pyramid submitted by davidmorgan : Khafre's Pyramid seen from the road next to Khufu's pyramid.

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Khafre's Pyramid submitted by Orcinus : Khafre's Pyramid viewed from the Sphynx, 2009

Khafre's Pyramid
Khafre's Pyramid submitted by Orcinus : Khafre's Pyramid and the Great Sphinx, May 2009

Khafre's Pyramid
Khafre's Pyramid submitted by DrewParsons : Detail of the construction of this the second largest of the three pyramids at Giza. Photographed in 1988 and subsequently scanned.

Khafre's Pyramid
Khafre's Pyramid submitted by davidmorgan : With Khufu's Pyramid in the background.

Khafre's Pyramid
Khafre's Pyramid submitted by karolus : Giza deserted in 2020

Khafre's Pyramid
Khafre's Pyramid submitted by karolus : Deserted pyramids , Sept 2020

Khafre's Pyramid
Khafre's Pyramid submitted by 43559959 : Giza. Cairo youth gathering for an analog chat on the steep wall of the pyramid of Khepren.

Khafre's Pyramid
Khafre's Pyramid submitted by 43559959 : Giza. some of the stones comprising the pyramid of Khephren

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 350m N 10° Giza Mastaba Cemetery* Pyramid / Mastaba
 441m SSW 211° Menkaure's Pyramid* Pyramid / Mastaba
 457m N 356° Giza Plateau* Pyramid / Mastaba
 474m NNE 18° Seschemnofer III. Mastaba* Pyramid / Mastaba
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 5.8km SSE 148° Khaba's Pyramid Pyramid / Mastaba
 8.2km NW 319° Djedefre's Pyramid Pyramid / Mastaba
 10.0km SE 143° Niuserra's Pyramid* Pyramid / Mastaba
 11.2km SE 141° Sahure's Pyramid* Pyramid / Mastaba
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 11.5km SE 142° Neferefra Sun Temple Ancient Temple
 12.3km NE 50° El Zadalek Island Obelisk* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 12.6km NE 52° Museum of Egyptian Antiquities* Museum
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 13.9km SE 144° Knuhmhotep and Niankhkhnum Mastaba* Chambered Cairn
 13.9km SE 145° Ptah Hotep Mastaba* Chambered Cairn
 14.2km SE 142° Mereruka Mastaba* Chambered Cairn
 14.2km SE 142° Kagemni Mastaba* Chambered Cairn
 14.2km SE 143° Userkaf's Pyramid* Pyramid / Mastaba
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