Cheops (a Grecised form of Khufu) was a king of Memphis in Egypt, belonging to the fourth dynasty, famous as the builder of the largest of the existing pyramids. The date usually assigned to him is about 3000 B.C. His successor was his brother Chephren (Khafra), who built the next largest pyramid. See EGYPT, PYRAMIDS.
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