Known as the Khufu Boats, the two vessels are thought to have been interred in honor of the pharaoh who built the iconic ...

One of the Earth’s greatest mysteries has finally been solved.Around four and a half thousand years ago, the Ancient ...

One of these involves the location of the famous pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid, Khufu. Despite knowing where his tomb is (his tomb is the Great Pyramid itself), no one has ever been able to ...

The Giza Pyramids, towering monuments entwined with the Egyptian legacy, continue to spark intrigue and speculation, especially regarding the structures nestled beneath them. Recent media reports have ...

The artifact was interred in honor of Khufu, the pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid, by his son and successor Djedefre. For four and a half millennia, it lay undisturbed in its limestone sarcophagus.

King Khufu, who is also known by the greek name "Cheops," was the father of pyramid building at Giza. He ruled from 2589 - 2566 B.C. and was the son of King Sneferu and Queen Hetpeheres.

Egypt's Antiquities Ministry says a scanning project in the Giza pyramids has identified thermal anomalies, including one in the largest pyramid, built by Cheops, known locally as Khufu.

Though little is known about Khufu, the pharaoh who oversaw the Great Pyramid's construction, vicious rumors about him persist today. Who Was the Real Cleopatra? Fact or Fiction? The Legend of the ...

After the Great Pyramids of Giza were finished, the next pharaoh was interred in an unusual and distant structure.

It was constructed between 2550 and 2490 BC, using a whopping 2.3 million stone blocks. Khufu ruled between 2589 and 2566 BC and was the second pharaoh of the 4th dynasty. World Travel/Alamy In 1954, ...