King Khufu
King Khufu, the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, took power after the death of his father Senefru. Under the name (the idol Khnum who protects me) belongs to the Old Kingdom, and ruled from about 2589 BC to 2566 BC.
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His greatest contribution to Egyptian civilization is the Great Pyramid of Giza, which is the most famous legacy of Khufu. Researchers have tried to estimate the time used in building the Great Pyramid of King Khufu. It is likely that the construction took 20 years, while the preparation of the ascending road, slopes and foundations took another 10 years, and between 20,000 and 30,000 workers participated in the project. It was estimated that the number of stones used in the construction of the Great Pyramid ranged between 1,500,000 and 2,300,000. Each stone weighs between 1.5 and 2.5 tons. However, some of the granite stones used in the construction of the roof of the king's burial chamber may weigh about 50 tons each. The pyramid is made of limestone and clay bricks, and was built as a tomb for the body of King Khufu. It has three rooms and a corridor, and it is believed that the rooms were filled with valuable jewelry and artefacts that were stolen long ago. And it remains today as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
The pyramid has a square base, the length of each side was originally 230.33 meters (756 feet), while the length of the side is now 227 meters due to the removal of the outer cladding stones. The original height of the pyramid was 146.59 meters (481 feet), while its height is now 137 meters.# The angle of inclination of the sides of the pyramid on the base: 51 ° 50 ′ 40. The original entrance to the pyramid is in the middle of its northern façade at a height of 17 meters from the base of the pyramid, and the entrance has a gabled roof constructed with huge blocks of local limestone.
This entrance leads to a sloping corridor, and then continues in a horizontal manner, where it leads at the end to the first burial chamber, in which the work was not completed due to the modification of the pyramid design. As for the entrance currently used, it is located below the original entrance and was cut in the ninth century AD during the reign of the Caliph Al-Maamun, after his men failed to find the original entrance to the pyramid and cut a corridor in the pyramid's stones that led them to its interior
Mortuary temple
This temple was standing in front of the eastern facade of the pyramid, but unfortunately this temple disappeared, leaving only some parts of its floor that still remains to this day, and this floor of black basalt on a limestone foundation, and small parts of the columns that raised the roof were found The temple is of red granite.
The walls of the temple were of white limestone,
King Khufu's family consists of three official wives.
As for the sons of Khufu, we know from the documents and evidences that he had at least nine children, and they are Prince Kaab, the Crown Prince, who died during his father’s life, and Ra’s blasphemy is the one who succeeded Khufu.
On the throne, and Khafre, who followed on the throne, and Jaddaf Hor, Khnum Bauf, Khufu-Khaf, and who - Khaf and Princess Mers - Ankh and Bao - F - Ra.
Queens pyramids and small pyramid
On the eastern side of the Great Pyramid, and at the end of the right side of the ascending path, there are three small pyramids
The first pyramid GI-a belongs to Queen Hetep - the guard of the king's mother. The second pyramid GI-b belongs to Queen Merit-et-s, the first wife of King Khufu. The third pyramid GI-c belongs to Queen Hanut - the age of the third wife of King Khufu and the mother of King Khafre.
And between the Great Pyramid and the Queen's Pyramids, the foundations of a very small pyramid attached to it seemed to have been dedicated to worship.
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