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.

A strange, unidentified structure just five miles south of Egypt’s iconic Khufu Pyramid has ignited a wave of speculation online after a curious Google Maps user stumbled upon it. The peculiar ...

This unfinished subterranean chamber, an unfinished chamber within Khufu's Pyramid, lies 90 feet (30 meters) below the surface of the plateau, and is closed to the public. Standing alone inside ...

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The project used Synthetic Aperture Radar tomography and involved scientists Corrado Malanga of the University of Pisa and Filippo Biondi of the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, who scanned the ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza—built for the Pharaoh Khufu and finished around 2560 BCE—is the only marvel of the original Seven ...

"Unlike its ancient counterpart, the modern-day uprooting of Egyptian Jewry is not a tale of triumph but of tragedy," the ...

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. National Treasure: Amelia Earhart Designed a New Future for ...

Built over four-and-a-half thousand years ago, the pyramid is the tomb of the Pharaoh Khufu. You can pass through the solid stone blocks that make up the Pyramid’s core to explore its hidden ...