King Khufu, who is also known by the greek name "Cheops," was the father of pyramid building at Giza. He ruled from 2589 - 2566 B.C. and was the son of King Sneferu and Queen Hetpeheres.

They are so iconic, so astonishingly ancient, that it is hard to imagine ... circa 2550 B.C. Khufu, second king of Egypt’s 4th dynasty, begins work on his pyramid. When complete, the massive ...

Other clusters of pyramids exist south of the Giza location. They include the Abusir, Saqqara, Dahshur, Lisht Pyramids. Over the centuries, as we learned more and more about ancient Egypt, the ...

Giza's three pyramids and the Sphinx were constructed in the fourth dynasty of Egypt's Old Kingdom ... About 2,550 B.C., King Khufu, the second pharaoh of the fourth dynasty, commissioned the ...

Egypt's Antiquities Ministry says a scanning project in the Giza pyramids has identified thermal anomalies, including one in the largest pyramid, built by Cheops, known locally as Khufu.

A 4,000-year-old tomb in Egypt once held the body of a royal magician. In that early era, he also served as a priest and a ...

On the left, the Pyramid of Khufu, and on the right ... So advanced was Ancient Egypt’s use of copper that Pharaoh Sahure, of the 5th Dynasty, had copper plumbing inside of his funerary pyramid ...

Of course, we’ve learned a lot from the buildings and monuments of Ancient Egypt that are still ... The largest Egyptian pyramid ever built was Pharaoh Khufu’s Great Pyramid of Giza.

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities recently relocated the 4,600-year-old Solar Boat of King Khufu from its site ... highlights the ancient Egyptians’ belief in an afterlife journey ...