Khufu
Sign in to saveKhufu or Cheops was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, reigning during the 26th century BC in the early Old Kingdom period. Khufu succeeded his father Sneferu as king. He is generally accepted as having commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but many other aspects of his reign are poorly documented. Khufu is also the main character noted in the Westcar Papyrus from the 13th dynasty.
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Khufu was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who ruled during the 26th century BC and is most famous for commissioning the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. While the Great Pyramid stands as a testament to his reign's resources and ambitions, most other details about Khufu's rule remain poorly documented by historical records.
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- Born
- 2700-00-00
- Died
- 2566-00-00
- Works
- 4
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30 sectionsContents
- Name
- Family
- Origin
- Family tree
- Unconfirmed
- Reign
- Length
- Political activities
- Wadi Maghareh
- Wadi al-Jarf
- Monuments and statues
- Statues
- Reliefs
- Pyramid complex
- In later Egyptian traditions
- Old Kingdom
- Middle Kingdom
- New Kingdom
- Late Period
- In ancient Greek traditions
- Manetho
- Herodotus
- Diodorus of Sicily
- In Arabic traditions
- Modern egyptological evaluations
- In popular culture
- See also
- Notes
- References
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Khufu or Cheops was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, reigning during the 26th century BC in the early Old Kingdom period. Khufu succeeded his father Sneferu as king. He is generally accepted as having commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but many other aspects of his reign are poorly documented. Khufu is also the main character noted in the Westcar Papyrus from the 13th dynasty.
The only completely preserved portrait of the king is a small ivory figurine found in a temple ruin of a later period at Abydos in 1903. All other reliefs and statues were found in fragments, and many buildings of Khufu are lost. Khufu has a conflicting legacy: while the king enjoyed a long-lasting cultural heritage preservation during the period of the Old Kingdom and the New Kingdom, the ancient historians Manetho, Diodorus and Herodotus hand down a very negative depiction of Khufu's character. As a result, an obscure and critical picture of Khufu's personality persists.