Djedefre

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Portrait head of Djedefre, originally from a sphinx. Found in the ruins of the temple attached to the Pyramid of Djedefre at Abu Roash. Quartzite, traces of paint: height 26.50 cm, width 33.50 cm, depth 28.80 cm. Musée du Louvre E 12626

Djedefre was the son of Khufu and the third ruler of the Fourth Dynasty in the Old Kingdom period of ancient Egypt.

The reign of Djedefre was apparently short. Nonetheless, Djedefre appears to have been the first of Egypt's rulers to employ the epithet "son of the sun god (Re)" and to have incorporated the name of the solar deity into his own name.

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