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The Great Pyramid of Giza[ a ] is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Built c.2600 BC, [ 3 ] over a period of about 26 years, [ 4 ] the pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only wonder that has remained largely intact.
Khufu's name was dedicated to the god Khnum, which might point to an increase of Khnum's popularity and religious importance.In fact, several royal and religious titles introduced at this time may point out that Egyptian pharaohs sought to accentuate their divine origin and status by dedicating their cartouche names (official royal names) to certain deities.
Khufu then ordered the sarcophagus and all of his mother's funerary artifacts reburied at Giza, near his own pyramid. [4] [8] The exact sequence of her burial events remains a mystery, however. [6] Dr. Mark Lehner has suggested that G 7000X was the original tomb for Hetepheres and that her second tomb was the Pyramid G1-a. He conjectured that ...
Giza pyramid complex. The Giza pyramid complex (also called the Giza necropolis) in Egypt is home to the Great Pyramid, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes and the Great Sphinx. All were built during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt, between c. 2600 – c. 2500 BC.
The tomb contains 5 shafts and 2 serdabs. Nishenu: ka-priest, keeper of the dockyard: 6th dynasty: Stone Mastaba: The tomb contains 3 shafts. Niankhhathor was the wife of Nishenu. Nisusankh: Priest of Khufu, director of members of a phyle, inspector of wab-priests: 6th dynasty: Stone Mastaba: Nisuankh's wife was named Khenut, and his son ...
Joseph's granaries is a designation for the Egyptian pyramids often used by early travelers to the region. The notion of a granary (horreum, θησαυρός) being associated with the Hebrew patriarch Joseph derives from the account in Genesis 41, where "he gathered up all the food of the seven years when there was plenty in the land of Egypt ...
Heliopolis is the Latinised form of the Greek name Hēlioúpolis (Ἡλιούπολις), meaning "City of the Sun". Helios, the personified and deified form of the sun, was identified by the Greeks with the native Egyptian gods Ra and Atum, whose principal cult was located in the city. Its native name was iwnw ("The Pillars"), whose exact ...
Era: Middle Kingdom (2055–1650 BC) Khnumhotep I is the earliest known member of a powerful family of nomarchs and officials, housed in Men'at Khufu, which lasted for most of the 12th Dynasty; many of Khnumhotep's descendants were named after him, the most notable of them being his grandson Khnumhotep II, well known for his tomb's remarkable ...