8vo. 203 pp, [2], illustrations, genealogical table, publisher’s original wrapper, slightly worn at lower spine, biblio, few pencil annotations, mainly on first 2 leaves, translated from German by Georges Remy, published by Payot, Paris, 1961.

Synopsis

Cheops (Kheops) is the Hellenised name of Khufu, originally Khnum-Khufu, which is the birth name of a Fourth Dynasty ancient Egyptian pharaoh, who ruled in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC). Khufu was the second pharaoh of the 4th dynasty; he followed his possible father, king Sneferu, on the throne. He is generally accepted as having commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but many other aspects of his reign are rather poorly documented.