Khufu is known to be the Pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid located in Giza. His full birth name is Khnum-Khufu meaning, "the god Khnum protects me." Khnum was considered the local god of Elephantine, near the first Nile cataract, who created mankind on his " pottery-wheel". His vizier Hemiunu, was also one of the lead architects of the great pyramid. Khufu's three wives were buried in smaller pyramids next to the Great Pyramid, which was his tomb.

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