Khufu Quotes

• I will announce some of the tombs I found next to the great pyramid of Khufu. One is an intact tomb that I have not opened yet.

  Zahi Hawass

  Pyramids, Next, Found

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• Khufu carefully picked out everything that ended with-o—Doritos, Oreos, and some chunks of meat. Buffalo? Armadillo? I was scared to even ask.

  Rick Riordan

  Meat, Oreos, Buffalo

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles Book 1): The Red Pyramid”, p.257, Penguin UK

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• ...Khufu who is believed to have been the pharaoh who commissioned the building of the great pyramid at Giza.

  Michael Tsarion

  Pyramids, Pharaohs, Building

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• It could hardly be made since the pyramids, it is thought, were erected in the predynastic age under the regency of Pharaoh Cheops. This pharaoh, who was also known as Khufu, lived between 2589 and 2566 BC, or one thousand years before the Hyksos (Levites) were ever heard of.

  Michael Tsarion

  Years, Pyramids, Age

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• Lo único que oía era la sangre corriendo por mis oídos, y el lejano estruendo y crujido del Lago de Fuego. (Y a Khufu rascándose y gruñendo, pero eso no era nada nuevo).

  Rick Riordan

  Fire, Lakes, Blood

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• All [Sadie’s] previous attempts [of making a shabti (an Egyptian avatar of one’s self)] had exploded or gone haywire, terrorizing Khufu and the initiates. Last week she’d created a magical Thermos with googly eyes that levitated around the room, yelling, “Exterminate! Exterminate!” until it smacked me in the head.

  Rick Riordan

  Eye, Yelling, Self

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• Amos clapped his hands. “Khufu!” I thought he’d sneezed, because Khufu is a weird name, but then a little dude about three feet tall with gold fur and a purple shirt came clambering down the stairs. It took me a second to realize it was a baboon wearing an L.A. Lakers jersey.

  Rick Riordan

  Hands, Names, Purple

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• No sabía que los babuinos pudieran conducir vehículos recreativos, pero Khufu lo hacía bien. Cuando me desperté al amanecer, estaba atravesando la hora punta de la madrugada en Houston, enseñando los colmillos y ladrando mucho, y ninguno de los otros conductores parecía notar nada fuera de lo normal.

  Rick Riordan

  Morning, Houston, Dawn

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles Book 1): The Red Pyramid”, p.292, Penguin UK

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• Back in Khufu's day I knew a magician who parted the Nile just so he could climb to the bottom and retrieve a girl's necklace. Then there was that Israelite fellow, Mickey." "Moses?" "Yeah, him.

  Rick Riordan

  Girl, Necklaces, Moses

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• Mirando a los enormes babuinos, me pregunté si Khufu tenía algún tipo de código secreto que nos permitiera entrar. Pero en lugar de eso, ladró a las estatuas y se encogió heroicamente detrás de mis piernas.

  Rick Riordan

  Secret, Legs, Baboons

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• Fascinante". Esbozó una amplia sonrisa. "He descubierto algo, Khufu. Esto no es Menfis, Egipto". Khufu me miró de reojo, y podría jurar que su expresión significaba, Duh. "También he descubierto una nueva forma de magia llamada música blues", continuó el hombre. "Y la barbacoa. Sí, tienes que probar la barbacoa.

  Rick Riordan

  Men, Egypt, Expression

  "The Kane Chronicles: The Complete Series". Book by Rick Riordan, July 4, 2013.

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• I blinked the sleep out of my eyes and realized my head was in Khufu’s lap. The baboon was foraging my scalp for munchies. “Dude.” I sat up groggily. “Not cool.” “But he gave you a lovely hairdo,” Sadie said. “Agh-agh!” Khufu agreed.

  Rick Riordan

  Sleep, Eye, Lovely

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• Amos dio un sorbo a su café. "Lo siento si te ha disgustado. Khufu es muy quisquilloso. Sólo come alimentos que terminen en -o. Doritos, burritos, flamencos". Parpadeé. "¿Has dicho...?" "Carter", advirtió Sadie. Parecía un poco mareada, como si ya hubiera tenido esta conversación. "No preguntes.

  Rick Riordan

  Sorry, Coffee, Burritos

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