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Khufu

[ koo-foo ]

noun

  1. another name for Cheops.


Khufu

/ ˈkuːfuː /

noun

  1. the original name of Cheops
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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If scrawny little Tutankhamun can do it, a badass like Khufu could probably cause them to spontaneously combust.

Among its outstanding monarchs were Khufu, Khafra, and Menkure of the fourth dynasty, the builders of the largest pyramids.

Then the passages were closed with heavy plug-blocks of stone, so that no one should ever disturb the sleep of King Khufu.

Khufu is a leading figure in an ancient Egyptian story (Papyrus Westcar), but it is unfortunately incomplete.

Within the solemn stillness of the chambers of the pyramid of Khufu the stone coffin which contained the royal mummy was placed.

The first and greatest of the builders of the pyramids, says Mr. Rawlinson, was Khufu or Cheops.

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