King Khufu's name was ACTUALLY Khufu (in Ancient Egyptian). The Greeks called him Cheops.
He was called from Cheops by the Greeks.
Cheops is the Greek name. Khufu is Egyptian. (Probably Herodotus named the pyramid Cheops and it stuck as a name for Khufu.)
4th dynasty Pharaoh Khufu (sometimes called Cheops), reigned 2589-66 BCE
Khufu (or Cheops) was born around 2600 BC. He became pharaoh at he age of 26 and died when he was 84.
King Khufu's name was ACTUALLY Khufu (in Ancient Egyptian). The Greeks called him Cheops.
cheops
He was called from Cheops by the Greeks.
Khufu
Cheops is the Greek name. Khufu is Egyptian. (Probably Herodotus named the pyramid Cheops and it stuck as a name for Khufu.)
Khufu is the now-accepted transcription of the name of the pharaoh (Egyptian King) who built the Great Pyramid at Giza. The Greeks called him Cheops.
No, that was not his nickname but it was his other name! =D
No. Cheops was the Greek name for the pharoah Khufu, who was the grandson of Khafre.
Khufu a fourth dynasty pharaoh. The Greeks called him Cheops.
Cheops, also named Khufu, lived from 2590-2567 BC and was the second king of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt.
4th dynasty Pharaoh Khufu (sometimes called Cheops), reigned 2589-66 BCE
Khufu or as the Greeks called him Cheops