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Throughout his rule he was called Netjerikhet, and the name Djoser was just added to his step pyramid complex in the process of the New Kingdom. Both of whom were recalled as generous and compassionate rulers, Khufu was portrayed as being a cruel Pharaoh by Herodotus an ancient Greek historian specialist who was conceived in Halicarnassus, Caria and lived in the 5th century BC. He has been called "The Father of History", as well as "The Father of Lies". Khafra constructed the second biggest pyramid of Giza. Some of the Egyptologists likewise acknowledge him with the development of the Great Sphinx, but this is not clear. There is not much known about Khafra, yet the past reports of Herodotus, who allude him as a harsh ruler, kept the Egyptian sanctuaries shut after Khufu had sealed them. Menkaure was an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty throughout the Old Kingdom, generally assigned as the period from the Third Dynasty through to the Sixth Dynasty 2686 BC - 2181 BC, despite the fact that there is still some argument about the start and end dates of the Old Kingdom. According to Herodotus, who is considered by many to be the first historian. Born in Halicarnassus nearby 490 BC, he visited Ancient Egypt through the Persian intrusion the Twenty-Seventh Dynasty, Menkaure was a compassionate ruler, unlike Khufu or Khafre. As indicated by archaeological facts he was the descendant of Pharaoh Khafra. Menkaure came to be well known for his pyramid tomb at Giza and his fine looking statue triads, showing the Pharaoh together with goddesses and his wife Khamerernebty. Herodotus reports that Menkaure reopened the pyramids and permitted the workers, who originally maintained the pyramids, to return to their occupations. In any case, the gods had clearly dictated that Egypt would encounter persecution for one hundred and fifty years and did not endorse of his kindhearted ways.