Ruler
Khufu
Fourth Dynasty king, builder of the Great Pyramid
c. 2589 – 2566 BCE
Approximate regnal dates after Shaw (2000).
Biography
Son of Sneferu and owner of the Great Pyramid at Giza, the largest in Egypt. Ironically, the only statue securely identified as his is a small ivory figurine found at Abydos.
About the evidence
No biography survives from his time; what we know comes from his monuments and administrative papyri.
Key facts
Certainty: Established
The Great Pyramid originally stood about 146 metres high.
- Mark Lehner (1997) “The Complete Pyramids” Thames & Hudson, London