Why was Khufu considered the greatest pharoah?

Question

Just out of curiousity....as to people's responses.

Answer 1

I wouldn't consider him the greatest--The Great Pyramid was built by him, but not much else is known about him--in fact, the only representation we definitely have that we definitely know was him is a small statue in the Cairo Museum.

If you're looking for the greatest pharoah, I would give a lot more weight to Ramses the Great. He reigned longer than any other pharoah--from a teenager until he was in his 80's, he had about one hundred sons and probably as many daughters. He definitely had an ego, too. Egypt is dotted with enormous statues of him that he had commissioned. The one you may be most familiar with is the temple with 4 huge seated statues in front flanking the entryway. The statues are of Rameses, and though there are statues of gods inside, he had it built so that there was a statue of him inside, too, and on one day of the year, the sun will come through the temple and shine right on his statue.

Answer 2

Khufu's reign and that of his son Khafre (Greek: Chephren) were represented by the Greek historian Herodotus as 106 years of oppression and misery, but this was belied by Khufu's posthumous reputation in Egypt as a wise ruler

Answer 3

I'm nor sure he was. Surely Rameses the Great was considered the greatest Pharaoh?

Answer 4

Didn't he get his followers to build the first great pyramid?