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Khufu and the Great Pyramid of Giza

c. 2589 – 2566 BCE (reign; chronologies vary)

Giza, Egypt (Kemet)

Khufu (Greek: Cheops), second king of the Fourth Dynasty, built the Great Pyramid at Giza, the only surviving wonder of the ancient world, reportedly designed by his vizier Hemiunu.

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Francis Frith's 1857 photograph of the Great Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit: Francis Frith, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. License: Public domain (CC0).

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Sources

  1. UNESCO World Heritage Centre, "Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur" (Primary source)
  2. World History Encyclopedia, "Great Pyramid of Giza" (Reference)
  3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Khufu" (Reference)

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