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Great Pyramid of Giza Side view of the Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu rising behind it on the Giza Plateau near Cairo, Egypt. Ivory statue of Egyptian King Khufu on a pedestal. Diagram of a cross section of the Great Pyramid of Khufu near Giza, Egypt, showing labeled internal features such as the King's Chamber, Queen's Chamber, Grand Gallery, passageways, air shafts, and subterranean chamber.
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Al-Jizah. Giza Necropolis, Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt. Side view of Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) rising in the background. The sides of all three of the Giza pyramids are astronomically oriented to be north-south, east-west (see notes)
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Great Pyramid of Giza Great Pyramid of Giza, built to honor Khufu, near Giza, Egypt.

Khufu

king of Egypt
Also known as: Cheops
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Khufu (flourished 25th century bce) was the second king of the 4th dynasty (c. 2543–c. 2436 bce) of Egypt and builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza, the largest single building to that time. It and two nearby pyramids are collectively known as the Pyramids of Giza. Khufu’s reign and that of his son Khafre were represented by the Greek historian Herodotus as 106 years of oppression and misery, but this was belied by Khufu’s...

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