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 Who is Cheops and who were his family?
 What is Khufu’s full name?
 What is the propose of Khufu’s pyramid?
 When was Khufu born and
when did he die?
 When did he rule Egypt?
 Where was Khufu’s pyramid?
 Where is Khufu’s tomb?
 Why did Khufu build a pyramid?
 How where the pyramid built?
 How did Khufu die?
 Bibliography
Who is Cheops and who
were his family?
 King Cheops's real name in Khufu but he was know
to the Greeks as Cheops.
 He ruled Egypt in the 4th dynasty (2551 BC- 2528 BC)
 He was the second pharaoh of that period of time
 Cheops ruled for around 23 years
 Cheops was very wealthy
Who is Cheops and who
were his family?
 King Sneferu was king Khufu’s father
 Queen Hetepheres I was his mother
 Cheops had 9 sons and 15 daughters
 He was married to queen Meritites and queen
Henutsen
What is Khufu’s full name?
 Khufu’s full name was Khnum and that means “the
god Khnum protects me.”
 Khnum was the local god of elephantine an island on
the Nile.
What is the propose of
Khufu’s pyramid?
 A tomb for Khufu and his family
 To guard Khufu’s treasure and gold
When was Khufu born and
when did he die?
 He was born at around 2589 BC
 He died at 2566 BC
When did Khufu rule
Egypt?
 He ruled Egypt in the 4th dynasty which was at 25512528 BC
 He was the second pharaoh that ruled at his time
 He ruled for around 23 years.
Where Is Khufu’s Pyramid?
 The pyramid Khufu is located in Giza
 It is 756 feet long on each side
 It is 450 feet high
 No side is different 8 inch from the other
 Still standing today
Where is Khufu’s tomb?
 Khufu’s tomb is located inside the pyramid in Giza
 In the kings chamber
Why did Khufu build a
pyramid?
 The great pyramids were not built by salves but by
free workers as they believed.
 The people that built the pyramids were at very high
status their tombs are next to the king’s.
How where the pyramids
built?
 The people would put a big brick of stone was put
on the ramp and dragged
 It had to contain a burial chamber
 Top of the pyramid was a pattern roughly the size of
a football field
 The work was exhausting
 Khufu himself would see his
Construction.
How did Khufu die?
 Khufu died before hi father did
 It was thought that ‘Kawab was the victim foul play’
 Kawab was probably ordered to kill Khufu by his
brother Djedefre.
 There is no real evidence of this scenario.
Bibliography
 http://www.kingtutone.com/pharaohs/khufu/
 http://euler.slu.edu/~bart/egyptianhtml/kings%20and
%20Queens/Khufu.html
 http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/khufu.htm
 http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/king-khufuand-the-great-pyramid.html
 http://guardians.net/egypt/khufu.htm
 http://www.unmuseum.org/kpyramid.htm