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| Cartouche of Khufu |
Khufus offspring took as well Djedefhor, Khumbaef, Merysankh (2), Minkhaf, Nefermaat, Khamerernebti (1), Djedef Aha, and others. The gentle family was actually shared into two political and clan groups, with rivalries and disputes that subject the dynasty after Khufus demise. The reputation of Khufu was not good, as a effect. Greek historians claimed they were informed of the points by Egyptian records and wrote ill of him. The raising of the Great Pyramid, which used corvee labor, not slaves, was an almost overwhelming task. The Greeks linked that Khufus daughter had to sell herself in order to raise the essential money to total the project. The accusation is void, as Egypt did not have a currency until centuries later.
Khufu also covered in magic, reported to the legends, using a magician from Meidum, Djedi, who navigated on the Nile in a barge full of women coated only in fishnets. The Tale of Khufu and the Magicians, a Middle Kingdom (2040-1640 B.C.E.) papyrus, relates this fantastic tale. The real Khufu was vigorous and active. He used the diorite targets near Abu Simbel, advertised campaigns in the Sinai, and originated building projects around Memphis. His name was found on stamps of jars and vases in Beit Khallaf, north of Abydos, and the Westcar Papyrus details his reign. Only a small figurine was discovered as his portrait, nowadays in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
His Great Pyramid in Giza was earlier 753 square feet, rising 478 feet, and it is the only subsister of the Seven Wonders of the World. It took two decades of continuous labor, using corve levies of workers in the land. Five boat scores were taken in the complex on the south and east. The mortuary cult of Khufu was modern in Egypt, still observed in the country during the Twenty-sixth Dynasty (6645-25 B.C.E.) and straight into the Roman
Period in some fields.