The King Khufu period (circa 2580 BC) stone blocks, made of granite, were the oldest discoveries at the site so far. One of many sphinxes that were found at the Ayn-Shams site in Cairo, where the first-of-its-kind King Khufu evidence was also discovered. His comments on the King Khufu find were also posted on Twitter. ( Ministry of Antiquities )King Khufu and Ancient Egypt’s Golden AgeKing Khufu was the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty in the first half of the Old Kingdom period. Top image: These images represent just a few of the spectacular finds beneath an ancient district of Cairo, Egypt, which included first-of-its-kind evidence of King Khufu from roughly 4,500 years ago!

Source: Egypt Today June 15, 2022 22:17 UTC