Khufu
Great Pyramid's commissioner
Khufu was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, ruling around 2580 BCE.
He is best known as the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the largest of the Egyptian pyramids and one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Also known by his Greek name Cheops.
Ancient Egyptian royal tomb
- GizaEgyptian necropolis plateau
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- architectureBuilding design discipline
engineering · tomb · burial chamber · corbelling · Herodotus · construction · workforce · ramps
Act of unearthing
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- discoveryAct of finding something
- hieroglyphicsSymbolic picture-based writing
- inscriptionText permanently marked
cartouche · tomb · relic · antiquity · museum · preservation · Petrie · expedition
Celebrated ancient structures
- ancient worldPre-medieval human civilizations
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
- ambitionDesire for achievement
power · immortality · monument · tourism · Cairo · Sphinx · Nile · heritage
Early Egyptian dynastic period
- reignSovereign's time in power
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- scepterCeremonial staff of sovereignty
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
heir · succession · coronation · pharaonic · cult · priesthood · royal court · royal family
Great Pyramid
Ancient Egyptian royal tomb
architecture · engineering · tomb · burial chamber · corbelling · Herodotus · construction · workforce · ramps · blocks
excavation
Act of unearthing
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- discoveryAct of finding something
- hieroglyphicsSymbolic picture-based writing
inscription · cartouche · tomb · relic · antiquity · museum · preservation · Petrie · expedition · causeway
Seven Wonders
Celebrated ancient structures
- ancient worldPre-medieval human civilizations
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
ambition · power · immortality · monument · tourism · Cairo · Sphinx · Nile · heritage · civilization
Old Kingdom
Early Egyptian dynastic period
- reignSovereign's time in power
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- scepterCeremonial staff of sovereignty
crown · heir · succession · coronation · pharaonic · cult · priesthood · royal court · royal family · dynasty
- Ancient Egyptpharaoh, pharaohs, sphinx, pyramids, hieroglyphics
- Egyptian tombssarcophagus, mummy, burial chamber, mummies, canopic jar
- GizaGreat Pyramid, Sphinx, Great Sphinx, necropolis, pharaohs
- historical rulersJulius Caesar, Charlemagne, Napoleon Bonaparte, Cleopatra, Alexander the Great
- African RulersCleopatra, Menelik II, Haile Selassie, Shaka Zulu, Sundiata Keita
- Ancient FiguresGilgamesh, Hammurabi, Ramesses II, Akhenaten, Tutankhamun