Sokar 5 (2. Halbjahr 2002), pp. 3-13, “Brennpunkt Giza. Die Schachtsysteme der Cheops-Pyramide”

Ancient People

• Djedefre

  • Type Individual - Ancient
  • Remarks Third king of Dynasty 4. Son (?) of Khufu.
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  Khafre

  • Type Individual - Ancient
  • Remarks Fourth king of Dynasty 4. Son of Khufu. Builder of the Second Pyramid at Giza and probably of the Great Sphinx as well. Known two thousand years later by the Greeks as King Khephren. A number of diorite and greywacke statues and statue fragments depicting the king have been discovered in Khafre's valley temple, including Cairo CG 9-17. The fragmentary head of an alabaster royal statue (MFA 21.351 + MFA 33.1113) is attributed to Khafre.
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  Khufu

  • Type Individual - Ancient
  • Remarks Second king of Dynasty 4, son of Snefru. Builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing. Known two thousand years later by the Greeks as King Cheops. Horus name: [mDdw] Medjedu. Full birth-name: Khnum-Khufu.
• Snefru

  • Type Individual - Ancient
  • Remarks First king of Dynasty 4. Father of Khufu.

Modern People

• John Shae Perring

  • Type Individual - Modern
  • Nationality & Dates British, 1813–1869
  • Remarks Civil engineer. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.
• Michael Haase

  • Type Author
  • Nationality & Dates German
• Michael Haase

  • Type Publisher
  • Nationality & Dates German
• Rainer Stadelmann

  • Type Individual - Modern
  • Nationality & Dates German
  • Remarks Egyptologist
• Richard William Howard Vyse

  • Type Individual - Modern
  • Nationality & Dates British, 1784–1853
  • Remarks Army officer, excavator, author and benefactor; Drew up plans of Zawiet el-Aryan in 1837. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.