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b'How archaeology can increase your life expectancy by 40%! For centuries, popular perceptions of the Great Pyramid\\u2019s construction have hinged on Herodotos reference to \\u201ctwenty years.\\u201d While historians have debated that, hard evidence on the reign of Khufu (and its length) has always been fragmentary. In the past ten years, though, things have changed substantially. We now have strong evidence that Khufu reigned much longer than the \\u201ctwenty years\\u201d story. This fundamentally changes our understanding of the period, and the Great Pyramid project\\u2026\\nMore information:\\nEpisode image: Khufu, small ivory statuette from Abydos (Egyptian Exploration Society archives).\\nThe Memorial/Mortuary Temple of Khufu at Wikimedia Commons.\\nNew blocks from the Khufu Memorial Temple: Hawass, Lehner, and Jones, \\u2018The Great Pyramid Temple Project\\u2019, AERAGram 21 (2020), 10\\u201417 (free download).\\nDecorated blocks of Khufu, reused in later pyramids: Goedicke 1971, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (free download).\\nM. Lehner and Z. A. Hawass, Giza and the Pyramids (2017).\\nF. Monnier and D. Lightbody, The Great Pyramid 2590 BC Onwards: Operations Manual (2019).\\nP. Tallet and M. Lehner, The Red Sea Scrolls: How Ancient Papyri Reveal the Secrets of the Pyramids (2021).\\nM. Verner, The Pyramids: The Archaeology and History of Egypt\\u2019s Iconic Monuments (2020).\\nSupport the History of Egypt Podcast at www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'