He was called from Cheops by the Greeks.
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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.
Cheops is the Greek name. Khufu is Egyptian. (Probably Herodotus named the pyramid Cheops and it stuck as a name for Khufu.)
Khufu (in Greek known as Χέοψ, Cheops, was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom. He reigned from around 2589 to 2566 B.C.E Khufu was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty. He is generally accepted as being the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World . Khufu's full name was "Khnum-Khufu" which means "the god Khnum protects me."Cheops was most probably born around 2612 B.C.E.
He was one of three rulers in the fourth dynasty of Egypt around 1200 B.C. He is also known as Cheops, which is the Greek name for him. His biggest achievement and legacy was the Great Pyramid of Giza which is the largest stone structure in the world, and is one of the remaining Seven Wonders of the World. Khufu was a very rigorous ruler and forced men to work unpaid labor on this pyramid only for a very scarce amount of food. king khufu was a pharaoh of Egypt. that was not really born in Egypt,but was born in mesopatmia. when he became pharaoh he was 26.when he died he was 84. khufu lived for a while. then when he had died he was cept in a tomb under a pyramid. Khufu is the pharaoh who organized for building the pyramds of Egypt. In khufu's tomb that was robbed they found a statue of him. khufu was not actually born in Egypt he was born in mesoptamia. At the ancient Egypt, The second pharaoh Khufu Built great pyramids of Giza in c. 2560 BC Sneferu was the Pharaoh before and Djedetra was the Pharaoh after
You have answered your own question the 4th dynasty Pharaoh Khufu (reigned 2589-66BC) Greek form: Cheops. Built the great pyramid of Giza. Note that Khufu is spoken of in early sources as being "third" of his family to rule, although there is no known record of a Pharaoh between his father Sneferu and Khufu. One supposition is that there might have been a very short reign of some elder brother of Khufu, whose inscriptions, name, and monuments have perished for one reason or another.
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Another name that Pharaoh Khufu was known was his Greek name Cheops
Cheops was pharaoh Knufu went by/ was known as.
vgfufufufufuufufuu Cheops is the name of the pharaoh. He is better known as Khufu, or Knuhm-Khufu, or Sophis.
The full name of the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu (also known as Cheops) was Khnum-Khufu, which means "protected by the god Khnum". Khnum was the ram-headed god of the Nile and pottery.
In a lot of older books and articles he known as Cheops the name given to him by the ancient Greeks.
the ancient Greeks called him Cheops
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.
# The Pyramid of Menkaura- 213 feet- Pharaoh Menkaura # The Pyramid of Khaefra- 471 feet - Pharaoh Khaefra # The Great Pyramid of Khufu- 481 feet- Pharaoh Khufu
Cheops is the Greek name. Khufu is Egyptian. (Probably Herodotus named the pyramid Cheops and it stuck as a name for Khufu.)
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