Khafra

The pyramid of Khafre or of Chephren is the middle of the three Ancient Egyptian , the second tallest and second largest of the group. It is the only pyramid out of the three that still has cladding at the top.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: smooth-sided pyramid in Giza, Egypt
  • Also known as: “Chefren (pyramid i Egypten)”, “Chefrenova pyramida”, “Chefrenova pyramída”, “Chefrénova pyramida”, “Chefrénova pyramída”, “Chefrenpyramiden”, “Druhá pyramída v Gíze”, “Haram Khafra‛”, “Kefrenpyramiden”, “Khafre’s Pyramid at Giza”, “Khafren pyramidi”, “Khafrenpyramiden”, “Khefrenpyramiden”, “Khefrepyramiden”, “Piramida Chephren”, “Piramida lui Kefren”, “Piramida lui Kephren”, “Piramide de Jafra”, “Pirámide de Jafra”, “Piramide de Kefren”, “Piramide de Kefrén”, “Pirámide de Kefren”, “Piràmide de Kefren”, “Piramide van Chephren”, “Pyramid of Chephren”, “Pyramid of Khafre”, “Pyramide de Chéphren”, “Pyramide de Kephren”, “Pyramide de Képhren”, “Pyramide de Khephren”, “Raachefova pyramída”, “Second Pyramid”, “Stredná pyramída v Gíze”, “Wer-Khefrē”, “Пирамида Хафры”, “هرم خفرن”, “هرم خفره”, “제2피라미드”, “卡弗拉金字塔”, and “哈夫拉金字塔”
  • Address: Giza
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Pyramid of Kheops and Giza Pyramids.

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The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest of the… is situated 490 metres northeast of Khafra.

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The Giza pyramid complex in is home to the… is situated 800 metres southwest of Khafra.

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The pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three… is situated 450 metres southwest of Khafra.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi and Kerdasa.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Village
is a markaz in Giza Governorate, . is situated 6 km north of Khafra.

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Khafra

Latitude
29.97599° or 29° 58′ 34″ north
Longitude
31.13074° or 31° 7′ 51″ east
Elevation
110 metres (361 feet)
Height
136 metres (446 feet)
Roof shape
pyramidal
Open location code
7GXHX4GJ+97
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4420396
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
349500
Wiki­data ID
Q208358
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Khafra” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خفرع”
  • Arabic: “هرم خفرع”
  • Armenian: “Խեֆրենի բուրգ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xefren ehramı”
  • Basque: “Kefrenen piramidea”
  • Belarusian: “Піраміда Хефрэна”
  • Bulgarian: “Пирамида на Хефрен”
  • Catalan: “Khefren”
  • Catalan: “piràmide de Khefren”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Quefrè”
  • Cebuano: “Pyramid of Khafre”
  • Chinese: “卡夫拉金字塔”
  • Chinese: “哈夫拉”
  • Czech: “Rachef”
  • Czech: “Rachefova pyramida”
  • Danish: “Chephrenpyramiden”
  • Dhivehi: “ޚަފްރީ ޕިރަމިޑް”
  • Dutch: “Chefren”
  • Dutch: “Piramide van Chefren”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هرم خفرع”
  • Esperanto: “Piramido de Ĥafra”
  • Esperanto: “Piramido de Raĥef”
  • Estonian: “Chephren”
  • Estonian: “Hafra”
  • Finnish: “Khafre”
  • Finnish: “Khefrenin pyramidi”
  • French: “Khéphren”
  • French: “pyramide de Khéphren”
  • French: “Pyramide de Khéphren”
  • Georgian: “ხეფრენის პირამიდა”
  • German: “Chephren-Pyramide”
  • German: “Chephren”
  • Greek: “Πυραμίδα του Χεφρήνου”
  • Hebrew: “חאפרו”
  • Hebrew: “פירמידת ח’עפרע”
  • Hebrew: “פירמידת חעפרע”
  • Hindi: “खाफ्रे का पिरामिड”
  • Hungarian: “Hafré-piramis”
  • Hungarian: “Kefrén piramis, Hafré piramis”
  • Indonesian: “Chephren”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Khafre”
  • Irish: “Pirimid Cheafra”
  • Italian: “piramide di Chefren”
  • Italian: “Piramide di Chefren”
  • Italian: “Userib”
  • Japanese: “カフラー王のピラミッド”
  • Korean: “카프레의 피라미드”
  • Latvian: “Hefrena piramīda”
  • Lithuanian: “Chefrenas”
  • Lithuanian: “Chefreno piramidė”
  • Macedonian: “Хефренова пирамида”
  • Malay: “Piramid Khafre”
  • Maltese: “Piramida ta‘ Khafre”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khafrepyramiden”
  • Norwegian: “Khafrepyramiden”
  • Persian: “هرم خفرع”
  • Polish: “Chefren”
  • Polish: “Piramida Chefrena”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide de Quéfren”
  • Portuguese: “Quéfren”
  • Romanian: “Khafra”
  • Romanian: “Piramida lui Khafra”
  • Russian: “пирамида Хефрена”
  • Russian: “Пирамида Хефрена”
  • Russian: “Хафра”
  • Serbian: “Kefrenova piramida”
  • Serbian: “Кефренова пирамида”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kefren”
  • Slovak: “Rachefova pyramída”
  • Slovenian: “Kefrenova piramida”
  • Spanish: “Kefrén”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Kefrén”
  • Swedish: “Chefren”
  • Swedish: “Chefrens pyramid”
  • Tagalog: “Piramide ni Khafre”
  • Tamil: “காப்ராவின் பிரமிடு”
  • Tatar: “Хәфрә пирамидасы”
  • Thai: “พีระมิดคาเฟร”
  • Turkish: “Kefren Piramidi”
  • Twi: “Chefren Pyramid”
  • Twi: “Pyramid of Khafre”
  • Ukrainian: “Піраміда Хефрена”
  • Urdu: “ہرم خفرع”
  • Uzbek: “Xafra piramidasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Khafre”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Western cemetery and Menkaure quarry.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Tomb of Hemiunu and The sanctuary // Dynasty 26 tomb shaft.

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