King Khafre Seated. Giza; Fourth Dynasty, reign of Khafre (ca. 2520–2494 B.C.E.). Graywacke; H. 47 1/4 in. (120 cm). Egyptian Museum, Cairo (CG 15).

Twenty-three lifesize seated statues of Khafre were placed about the large pillared hall in the valley temple. While most were found in fragmentary condition, this statue is largely complete, with restorations on the right side of the torso and elsewhere, based on fragments from other statues. The king sits on a backless throne with the sema-tawi, an emblem of unification that combines the hieroglyph sema ("union") with the symbols for the two lands of Egypt—papyrus for the north and a flower for the south.