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funerary equipment were found within the pyramid.

The Cult Pyramid
A small, almost completely destroyed cult pyramid (G 2a)

sits on the axis of the south side of the main pyramid of Khafre.
Cult, or Satellite pyramids as they are sometimes called, are
thought to have derived from the south tomb of Djoser's complex
at Saqqara, and may have been for the burial of statues dedicated
to the ka, or spiritual double, of the king. Originally, it was
surrounded by its own enclosure wall. It has a simple
substructure that consists of a descending corridor that gives way
to an underground chamber with a T-shaped ground-plan.
Because this chamber contained bits of wood, carnelian beads,
fragments of animal bones and vessel lids, Maragioglio and
Rinaldi concluded that it must have served as a tomb for one of
Khafre's consorts. However, Stadelmann opposed this view,
believing that it was a cult pyramid. His opinion is supported by
the cult pyramid attached to Khufu's complex on its southeast
corner.

More to the point, Lehner believes that the wood made up a
frame of cedar in the form of a sari netjer, or divine booth, which
was used to transport a statue to be buried in the subsection of
this small pyramid.

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