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Khufu Quotes By Rick Riordan

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

Khufu Quotes By Rick Riordan

Atop a replica of the scales of justice sat a golden baboon, which Khufu immediately started flirting with. There — Rick Riordan

Khufu Quotes By Rick Riordan

It's not so bad," Bast said. "We just climb our way down to the river through a few miles of sand, cacti, and rattlesnakes, looking out for the Border Patrol, human traffickers, magicians, and demons - and summon Nephthys."
Sadie whistled. "Well, I'm excited!"
"Agh," Khufu agreed miserably. He sniffed the air and snarled.
"He smells trouble," Bast translated. "Something bad is about to happen."
"Even I could smell that," I grumbled, and we followed Bast down the mountain. — Rick Riordan

Khufu Quotes By Rick Riordan

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

Khufu Quotes By Robert A. Heinlein

Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget. — Robert A. Heinlein

Khufu Quotes By Rick Riordan

Lookin up at the huge baboons, I wondered if Khufu had some sort of secret baboon code that would get us in. But instead he barked at the statues and cowered heroically behind my legs. — Rick Riordan

Khufu Quotes By Rick Riordan

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

Khufu Quotes By Rick Riordan

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

Khufu Quotes By Rick Riordan

All I heard was the blood rushing through my ears, and the distant rumble and crackle of the Lake of Fire. (And Khufu scratching himself and grunting, but that was nothing new.) — Rick Riordan

Khufu Quotes By Rick Riordan

Baboons are very wise animals," Bast said.
"Agh!" Khufu picked his nose, then turned his Technicolor bum our direction. He threw his friends the ball. They began to fight over it, showing one another their fangs and slapping their heads.
"Wise?" I asked. — Rick Riordan

Khufu Quotes By Michael Tsarion

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

Khufu Quotes By Rick Riordan

Facinating." He broke into a wide grin. "I've discovered something, Khufu. This is not Memphis, Egypt."
Khufu gave me a sideways look, and I could swear his expression meant, Duh.
"I've also discovered a new form of magic called blues music," the man continued. "And barbecue. Yes, you must try barbecue. — Rick Riordan

Khufu Quotes By Rick Riordan

Amos sipped his coffee. "Sorry if that distubed you. Khufu's very picky. He only eats foods that end in -o. Doritos, burritos, flamingos."
I blinked. "Did you say-"
"Carter," Sadie warned. She looked a little queasy, like she'd already had this conversation. "Don't ask. — Rick Riordan

Khufu Quotes By Rick Riordan

I didn't know baboons could drive recreational vehicles, but Khufu did okay. When I woke up around dawn, he was navigating through the early morning rush hour in Houston, baring his fangs and barking a lot, and none of the other drivers seemed to notice anything out of the ordinary. — Rick Riordan

Khufu Quotes By Zahi Hawass

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

Khufu Quotes By Ibrahim Ibrahim

Khafre and Menkaure were built in reference to Khufu and they served its main function on the Giza Plateau as a whole rather than being intrinsically of a greater value each on its own. — Ibrahim Ibrahim

Khufu Quotes By Rick Riordan

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

Khufu Quotes By Michael Tsarion

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