khaf-ra

Updated: May 1, 2025

The great statue of King Khaf-Ra of the Fourth dynasty, seated on his throne with the imperial hawk behind his head, is carved out of diorite, and nevertheless the sculptor has thrown an idealised divinity over the face, which we yet feel to be a speaking likeness of the man.

A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce - Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations