Khufu
Fourth Dynasty ancient Egyptian pharaoh
- Fame61.6
- Momentum0.2
- Wikipedia41.9K
In their orbit
People connected to Khufu
_in_her_Giza_tomb._Reign_of_Kheops_(2590-2565_BCE)._Louvre_Museum_E_15591.jpg?width=1200)
He built the Great Pyramid of Giza — the only ancient wonder still standing — and yet almost nothing else survived him. One tiny ivory figurine is all we have of his face, and the ancient historians who came later painted him as a tyrant.
About
Khufu took the throne as second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty in the 26th century BC, succeeding his father Sneferu. He commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza, the sole surviving wonder of the ancient world, but the rest of his reign remains poorly documented — most of his buildings are lost, his statues and reliefs exist only in fragments. A small ivory figurine unearthed at Abydos in 1903 is the only intact image of him. He appears as the main character in the Westcar Papyrus from the 13th dynasty, and his cultural legacy endured through the Old and New Kingdoms. But Manetho, Diodorus, and H…
Photos
Platforms
No platforms connected yet.
Score breakdown
The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.
Sources
- WikipediaHigh confidencewikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- WikidataHigh confidencewikidata · wikidata.org
- Pantheon 2.0High confidencedatabase · pantheon.world
You might know
Similar profiles worth watching
_(cropped)(2).jpg?width=1200)
