Khufu

Khufu ( /ˈkuːfuː/ KOO-foo), originally Khnum-Khufu ( /ˈknuːmˈkuːfuː/ KNOOM-koofoo), is the birth name of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, who ruled in the 4th dynasty of the Old Kingdom, around 2580 B.C.. He is equally well known under his Hellenized name Khêops or Cheops ( /ˈkiːɒps/, KEE-ops; Greek: Χέοψ, by Diodor and Herodotus) and less well known under another Hellenized name, Súphis ( /ˈsuːfɨs/ SOO-fis; Greek: Σοῦφις, by Manetho). A rare version of the name of Khufu, used by Josephus, is Sofe ( /ˈsɒfiː/ SO-fe; Greek: Σοφe).