The Reign of Khufu and the Great Pyramid Legacy Part 1

Khufu had 3 wives and several sons and daughters. Redjedf, Khufu's son by his wife Queen Hetepheres II was Khufu's instant successor to the throne. He reigned for eight years and construct a Pyramid at Abu Roash, five miles north-west of the Khufu's Pyramid. This was the most northern structure in Egypt. Redjedf was succeeded by his brother Khafre, a younger son of Khufu, and he constructed the Second Pyramid of Giza right away to the south-west of the Excellent Pyramid which was erected in his father's reign. The third Pyramid of Giza, nonetheless a small additional to the south-west, was constructed Menkure a grandson of Khufu. The Khufu's Pyramid has three little subsidiary ones, the Second one had one (which has been entirely demolished) and the Third structure has three. These three huge monuments and 7 little subsidiary ones, i.e ten in all consitute of the entire quantity of Pyramids on the Giza Plateau.

The Fantastic Pyramid was represented in 3 distinct techniques in the hieroglyphics:

one. Bird - Sun Moon Horizon - Pyramid

two. Bird - Horizon Moon - Pyramid

three. Bird - Sun Moon - Pyramid

The which means of these is uncertain, but various Egyptologists give the right after recommended translations: Horizon of Khufu, Khufu is one belonging to the horizon and The Glorious.

Viewed from the Nile Valley, what is these days known as Giza Plateau formed the horizon. As Khufu was the very first to develop a monolith on that eminence, the entire Plateau was initially called right after him and known as Khufu's Horizon or the Horizon of Khufu, which name became applied to his structure also, today called the Fantastic Pyramid.

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