Khufu - part 2
Jan 20th, 2007 by admin
The Great Pyramid stands testament to this fact; a huge workforce was employed, probably when the Nile had flooded and traditional forms of working were unavailable. These people were well looked after, receiving medical care, including such proceedures as amputation when necessary. Also, with no monetary system that we know of, they probably received food and lodging in return for their labour, this would have required great administration skills.
Despite his father being buried in Dahshur, Khufu chose the Giza plateau for his pyramid, and temples. He didn’t choose the highest spot for his pyramid either, his son Khafre built his pyramid there, giving the illusion that his was taller even though Khufu had that honour. However, the location of Khufu’s pyramid does have some interesting significance - if you were to take a globe and roll it out flat then the centre of the great pyramid is within a negligble distance of the absolute centre !
Khufu had several sons and his immediate successor was Djedefre who chose to build his pyramid at Abu Roash. A later son, Khafre, would build the second pyramid on the Giza plateau, and his son Menkaure would build the third smaller one that would complete the most awesome wonder on earth.