Khafra or Khafre (Greek Chephren), an Egyptian…
2553 BCE to 2542 BCE
Khafra or Khafre (Greek Chephren), an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, with his capital at Memphis, is according to some authors the brother and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefra was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefra's.
There is no agreement on the date of his reign; some authors say it was between 2558 BCE and 2532 BCE; this dynasty is commonly dated around 2650 BCE–2480 BCE.
While the Turin King List figure for his reign was lost in a lacuna, and Manetho's exaggerates his reign as sixty-six years, most scholars believe it was between twenty-four to twenty-six years, based upon the date of the Will of Prince Nekure which was carved on the walls of this Prince's mastaba tomb.
The will is dated anonymously to the Year of the Twelfth Count and is assumed to belong to Khafra since Nekure was his son.
Khafra built the second largest pyramid at Giza, possibly the Great Sphinx, and a temple, which is the only surviving example of a temple of this Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.
His name, Khaf-Ra, means "Appearing like Ra" for some translators and "rise Ra!"
for others; the meaning is most probably the first, according to the hieroglyphic representing his name, which includes that crown.
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