Khafre's Pyramid

DW | Ancient Egypt
8.2 - Khafre's Pyramid
Khafre's layout of the temple complex - the valley temple, causeway, mortuary temple, and pyramid - set the standard for the rest of the Old Kingdom royal tombs. To give the impression of a taller pyramid, Khafre built on slightly higher ground. At 447 feet, his pyramid was 33 ½ feet smaller than Khufu's Great Pyramid.
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Tyldesley, J. (2006) Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt
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Khafres pyramid you say? So why could he build a monument of such precision. Built with stones weighing over 60 tonnes of pure granite but stilll lived in a mud hut and used flint stone to hunt with and primitive weapons? Why wouldn’t he build himself a grand house of granite with opulence abound? Answer that!