The History of Egypt Podcast 07: Khafra, He Appears Like the Sun
Mar 4, 2013
37:04
A forgotten heir; a Great Sphinx. Following the death of King Khufu, the throne passed to one of his sons, Djed-ef-Ra. Then, it passed to Khafra ("He Appears Like Ra"). These kings are important, but only Khafra is remembered thanks to his enormous pyramid and the Great Sphinx of Giza...
- Date c.2550 - 2520 BCE
- Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.
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- Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com.
Select Bibliography:
- Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, 1994 (Amazon).
- Erik Hornung, Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: the One and the Many, 1996 (Amazon).
- Mark Lehner, The Complete Pyramids, 2008 (Amazon).
- Gay Robins, The Art of Ancient Egypt, 2008 (Amazon).
- John Romer, A History of Egypt: from the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid, 2013 (Amazon).
- Robert Wenke, The Ancient Egyptian State, 2009 (Amazon).
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