Pharaoh Khafre This statue from around 2570 B.C.E. shows King Khafre seated on his throne, with the wings of the falcon-god Horus wrapped around his head, a visual depiction of the close link between the Egyptian rulers and the gods. Khafre built the second-largest of the great pyramids at Giza as his tomb.

(Egyptian National Museum, Cairo, Egypt/De Agostini Picture Library/Alfredo Dagli Orti/Bridgeman Images)