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The tomb dates to the 5th Dynasty, 2465-2323 B.C. The pharaoh Khafre died earlier, around 2494 B.C., but pharaohs were often worshipped after death, Hawass said.
Egypt's Top Archaeologists Discover Nearly 4,500 Year Old Tomb AP 2010
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Left, the Pyramid of Menkaure, the Great Sphinx and Khafre's Pyramid before the lights went out for Earth Hour in Cairo, Egypt, March 27, 2010.
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The Great Pyramid is attributed erroneously to Khufu (Cheops) – with the other two being those of Khafre (Chephren) and Menkaura (Mycerinus).
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Standing inside the 4,300-year-old structure, Zahi Hawass said hieroglyphics on the tomb's walls indicate it belonged to Rudj-ka, a priest inspector in the mortuary cult of the pharaoh Khafre, who built the second largest of Giza's pyramids.
Egypt's Top Archaeologists Discover Nearly 4,500 Year Old Tomb The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Standing inside the 4,300-year-old structure, Zahi Hawass said hieroglyphics on the tomb's walls indicate it belonged to Rudj-ka, a priest inspector in the mortuary cult of the pharaoh Khafre, who built the second largest of Giza's pyramids.
Egypt's Top Archaeologists Discover Nearly 4,500 Year Old Tomb AP 2010
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Standing inside the 4,300-year-old structure, Zahi Hawass said hieroglyphics on the tomb's walls indicate it belonged to Rudj-ka, a priest inspector in the mortuary cult of the pharaoh Khafre, who built the second largest of Giza's pyramids.
Egypt's Top Archaeologists Discover Nearly 4,500 Year Old Tomb The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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; Pyramid of Khafre (left), 2558-2532 B.C.; and Pyramid of Khufu (right), 2580-2560 B.C.,
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Sure, I'd been there before, but always in a group and I wanted to walk around and around the Great Pyramid and those of Khafre and Menkaure alone, alone and silently, as the pyramids were meant to be experienced.
College Presidents Pen Admissions Essays Robert A. Oden Jr. 2009
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Escaping camel hawkers and un-digging my high heels from small avalanches of sand, I arrived at last at Pyramid Number Two -- the tomb of Khafre -- where a long narrow tunnel slanted into its earthen belly, lined with a metal ladder which served -- I understood, as I peered below -- as a staircase.
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You probably know that Egyptians built the three Great Pyramids of Giza (named Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure) 4500 years ago and that they are widely considered to be the most incredible structures the world has ever known.
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