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King Khafre (Chephren) Enthroned with the Horus Falcon
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This statue, often referred to as “Khafre Enthroned,” is one of the most important and iconic surviving sculptures from ancient Egypt. It depicts the Fourth Dynasty (ca. 2500 BCE) pharaoh Khafre slightly larger-than-life and seated upon a lion-pawed throne. The sides of the throne are decorated with the sema-tawy hieroglyph, meant to represent the king’s duty to literally “bind” the constituent parts of Egypt together under one authority. The pharaoh sits atop this, expressing at once a sense of determination and serenity; looking above and beyond the viewer while gesturing a similar message with a clenched fist and opened hand. On his head, the pharaoh is depicted with two kinds of divine protection. He wears the nemes headdress with a uraeus, or cobra, representing Wadjet, the protective goddess of Lower Egypt. A falcon extends its wings to embrace the back of the king’s headdress, emblematic of the god Horus, another protective deity often directly associated with the living king, w
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