It also gives evidence about his interest in magic because he reportedly killed a criminal just to test the resurrection skills of a magician. The Westcar Papyrus of the Second Intermediate Period (1782-c.1570 BCE), an ancient Egyptian text kept at the Museum of Egyptology in Berlin, doesn’t show him as cruel, but as ambitious. Khufu is remembered as heartless by most texts written during the Middle Kingdom. Khufu’s father was recorded to have been a beneficent ruler in surviving documents.
The pharaoh was named after the earth deity Khnum.
The Great Pyramid was commissioned by Khufu, the second ruler of the Fourth Dynasty in the first half of Egypt’s Old Kingdom period (26th century BC). Den of Geek spoke with assorted experts in Egyptian traditions, mysteries and magic to get an all-seeing eye’s view inside the Great Pyramid in advance of watching the documentary. Secrets of the Dead: Scanning the Pyramids shows modern-day explorers, particle physicists, experts in 3D technologies and engineers using thermal imaging from tiny robotic cameras to augmented and virtual reality simulations. An upcoming documentary special from THIRTEEN, Secrets of the Dead: Scanning the Pyramids, uncovers the “most important findings about the Great Pyramids in centuries: several previously unknown cavities.” It is the only one of the seven ancient wonders of the world still standing and is still perplexing. The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt is shrouded in magic and mystery.
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