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  • The Great Pyramid is attributed erroneously to Khufu (Cheops) – with the other two being those of Khafre (Chephren) and Menkaura (Mycerinus).

    Name Stargate | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • His proof of concept came 30 years ago, when the technique was conceived and developed by physicist and Nobel laureate Luis Alvarez to study the Second Pyramid of Chephren in Egypt.

    Space Particles to ‘X-Ray’ Hidden Pyramids | Impact Lab 2007

  • At the foot of the second pyramid, south of Chephren, stands the Sphinx, so-called guardian of the Giza Plateau.

    CNN Transcript Apr 15, 2006 2006

  • This Cheops, the Egyptians said, reigned fifty years; and after he was dead his brother Chephren succeeded to the kingdom.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • And Chephren they said reigned fifty and six years.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • 'What are the restrictions placed on the marriage of a king under the statutes of Chephren?' he enquired casually.

    Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001

  • Khafre (Chephren) built the second pyramid at Giza (473.5 ft. high), as well as the enormous human-headed lion, the Sphinx, called Herakhte (“Horus of the Horizon”) by the Egyptians.

    c. The Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period (1st-11th Dynasties) 2001

  • Taita says they are a thousand years old, from the time of Cheops and Chephren who built the great Pyramids at Giza. '

    Warlock Smith, Wilbur 2001

  • Her temple, at which Cheops and Chephren had worked while building their pyramids, was rebuilt by the Pharaohs of the 22nd Dynasty, enlarged by those of the 26th; when Herodotus visited it in the middle of the fifth century B.C. he considered it one of the most remarkable he had seen in the parts of Egypt through which he had traveled.

    The Green Eyes of Bâst Sax Rohmer 1921

  • Again setting out from Cairo, he explored the pyramid of Chephren, travelled through Fayum, visited Lake Moeris and the ruins of

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

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