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Khufu (Cheops) in Tour Egypt

2551-2528 B.C.4TH DYNASTY Cheops was the second king of the 4th Dynasty and was the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Khufu was succeeded by Radjedef, his son by a lessor wife, whose reign was abruptly ended. He was succeeded by Khephren, Khufu's son by Queen Henutsen. A miniature statue of Khufu is on display at the Cairo Museum. This i...

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Khufu in Wikipedia

Khufu (in Greek known as Χέοψ, Cheops, pronounced /ˈhɛɒps/; according to Manetho, Σοῦφις, Suphis) was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom. He reigned from around 2589 to 2566 B.C. Khufu was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty. He is generally accepted as being the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the A...

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Djedefre in Tour Egypt

DJEDEFRE, 3RD KING OF EGYPT'S 4TH DYNASTY by Jimmy Dunn. A lot of the history surrounding Djedefre is changing as we find out more about his pyramid at Abu Rawash. He was presumably the 3rd King of Egypt's 4th Dynasty, and traditionally is considered the son of Khufu by a minor blond, Libyan consort. Perhaps his main significance is that he ...

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Snefru in Tour Egypt

SNEFRU, 1ST KING OF EGYPT'S 4TH DYNASTY by Jimmy Dunn Snefru is credited as being the first pharaoh of Egypt's 4th Dynasty. Snefru (Sneferu, Snofru) was the king's birth name. His Horus name was Nebmaat, but his royal titulary was the first to have his other name, Snefru, enclosed within a cartouche (his name in an upright oval - see Carto...

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Djedefre in Wikipedia

Djedefre (also known as Radjedef) was an Egyptian pharaoh, the son and immediate successor of Khufu. The mother of Djedefre is unknown. His name means "Enduring like Re."[3] Djedefre was the first king to use the title Son of Ra as part of his royal titulary, which is seen as an indication of the growing popularity of the cult of the solar god...

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Huni in Wikipedia

Huni was the last Pharaoh of Egypt of the Third dynasty. He was the successor to Khaba. Family Huni was the father of Hetepheres I, the wife of Sneferu who was the first king of the Fourth Dynasty. Huni was succeeded by Sneferu according to the Papyrus Prisse ("The Instructions by Kagemni"), but it is not known if Sneferu was a son of Huni.[3...

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Snefru in Wikipedia

Snefru is a cryptographic hash function invented by Ralph Merkle which supports 128-bit and 256-bit output. It was named after the Egyptian Pharaoh Sneferu, continuing the tradition of the Khufu and Khafre block ciphers. The original design of Snefru was shown to be insecure by Eli Biham and Adi Shamir who were able to use differential cryptan...

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Sekhemkhet (Djoser Teti) in Tour Egypt

KING SEKHEMKHET AND HIS PYRAMID AT SAQQARA BY ALAN WINSTON & JIMMY DUNN. Almost everything we know about Sekhemkhet ("Powerful in Body"), we know because of his unfinished (Buried) pyramid at Saqqara, and it seems to give us little facts about his life. The only evidence outside of this tomb is a scene depicted at Wadi Maghara in the Sinai ...

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Sekhemkhet in Wikipedia

Sekhemkhet was a Pharaoh in Egypt during the Third dynasty. According to the Manethonian tradition, a king known as Tyris (which may be compared to the Turin Canon's "Djoser-ti") reigned for a relatively brief period of seven years, and modern scholars believe Djoserty and Sekhemkhet are the same person. While the Turin Canon gives Sekhemkhet ...

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Seth-Peribsen in Wikipedia

Seth-Peribsen was a king during the Second dynasty of Egypt who ruled for seventeen years. He is considered to be the predecessor of Khasekhemwy and was buried in Umm el-Qa'ab in Abydos, where a seal impression contains the first full sentence written in hieroglyphs.[1] His burial stelae (one of which is on display in the British Museum) show ...

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