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Khufu did not actually build the Great Pyramid. He just happened to arrive long after it was built and he only claimed to have done so.
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Khufu is the birth name of the fourth dynasty. King Khufu became pharaoh after the death of his father. It is unknown how long he reigned.
No one knows exactly estimates range from 14 to 20 years. The Pharaoh Khufu builder of the Great pyramid is said to have reigned for 23 years and it thought the pyramid was completed before his death.
Most experts estimate the great pyramid was built in 14-20 years by the 4th dynasty Pharaoh Khufu (sometimes called Cheops) who ruled Egypt between 2598 and 2566 BCE. Not that he did it himself. He left that to his architect (tradition claims this was Khufu's cousin Hemiunu), priests, surveyors, scribes, skilled workers and thousands of slaves.
The 4th Dynasty Pharaoh Khufu (Greek name Cheops) who reigned between 2589BC and 2566BC. Ten to twenty thousand men toiled for 14 to 20 years to build this monument.
Khufu's great pyramid is product of experience with his two previous pyramids starting with the bent pyramid. so I guess you can say that he started planning when his first pyramid failed
in honor of king khufu they built the Great Pyramid of khufu standing as the tallest thing in the world for a long time
in honor of king khufu they built the Great Pyramid of khufu standing as the tallest thing in the world for a long time
He built the largest pyramid. Egypt has one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the only one still standing.
Modern estimates put it at 14 to 20 years
The Great pyramid of Khufu took 20 years to build. The actual time an individual pyramid took to build depends on its size.