Pharaohs from ancient Egypt by Matthew Bird 6th Period His relatives are Khafre, Menkaure, and Djedefre. They were Pharaohs too. He was a bad leader. He was a bad leader because he closed down all of the temples. His real name was Khnum-Khufwy His name means “The god Khnum protects me.” He took over many places in his life time. He took over Sinai, Nubia, and Libya. He didn’t have many friends. But the friends he does have are Hordjedef, Minkhaf, Babaef, etc. Khufu had many enemies in his life time. One of his biggest enemies were the people he ruled over. No he did not change the religion. He closed all of the temples. He had one hobby that his dad used to do too. He would build pyramids. http://historylink101.net/egypt_1/pic_pyrami ds_khufu.htm http://guardians.net/egypt/khufu.htm http://ancienthistory.about.com/ad/egypt/f/p yramidpharoah. http://www.schiachat.com/forum/index.php?/ topic1234944216-khufu-firaun-of-holyguran/page_st_125 http://euler.slu.edu/~bart/egyptianhtml/kings %20and%20Queens/dynasty4.html