The head of a diorite statue of the Egyptian king Khafre, from his mortuary temple at Giza, with Horus as a falcon.

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The head of a diorite statue of the Egyptian king Khafre, from his mortuary temple at Giza. Behind him is the the god Horus, epicted here as a falcon, using his outspread wings to protect Khafre, who ruled during the Old Kingdom. Khafre was the son of Khufu, who built the Great Pyramid. Khafre built the so-called Second Pyramid at Giza. 

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