| Khufu had three wives and many sons and | | | | number of Pyramids on the Giza Plateau. |
| daughters. Redjedf, Khufu's son by his wife Queen | | | | The Great Pyramid was represented in three |
| Hetepheres II was Khufu's immediate successor to | | | | different ways in the hieroglyphics: |
| the throne. He reigned for 8 years and build a | | | | 1. Bird - Sun Moon Horizon - Pyramid |
| Pyramid at Abu Roash, 5 miles north-west of the | | | | 2. Bird - Horizon Moon - Pyramid |
| Khufu's Pyramid. This was the most northern | | | | 3. Bird - Sun Moon - Pyramid |
| structure in Egypt. Redjedf was succeeded by his | | | | The meaning of these is uncertain, but different |
| brother Khafre, a younger son of Khufu, and he built | | | | Egyptologists give the following suggested |
| the Second Pyramid of Giza immediately to the | | | | translations: Horizon of Khufu, Khufu is one belonging |
| south-west of the Great Pyramid which was erected | | | | to the horizon and The Glorious. |
| in his father's reign. The third Pyramid of Giza, still a | | | | Viewed from the Nile Valley, what is now called Giza |
| little further to the south-west, was built Menkure a | | | | Plateau formed the horizon. As Khufu was the first |
| grandson of Khufu. The Khufu's Pyramid has 3 small | | | | to build a monolith on that eminence, the whole |
| subsidiary ones, the Second one had 1 (which has | | | | Plateau was originally named after him and called |
| been completely demolished) and the Third structure | | | | Khufu's Horizon or the Horizon of Khufu, which name |
| has 3. These 3 large monuments and 7 small | | | | became applied to his structure also, now known as |
| subsidiary ones, i.e 10 in all consitute of the entire | | | | the Great Pyramid. |