Question

This ruler names a now-dry branch of a river discovered 2022 study led by Hader Seisha; that branch emptied into a harbor near Khentkaus Town. Negative depictions of this ruler by classical historians include Herodotus’s (10[1])account of his greed to fund the radishes and onions that he provided for 100,000 men. (-5[1])An usually realistic statue depicts this ruler’s vizier and nephew Hemiunu. The reigns (10[1])of this (10[1])pharaoh and his predecessor are depicted (10[1]-5[1])in the Westcar Papyrus. The diary (10[1])of the inspector Merer (10[1])describes how a project during this ruler’s (10[1])reign shipped material from Tura. (10[1])This son (-5[2])of Sneferu (10[2])built the largest (10[1])complex (10[2]-5[1])at a site (10[2])with (10[1])similar (10[1]-5[1])complexes (10[1])built by (10[1]-5[1])Menkaure (10[2]-5[1])and (10[1])Khafre (10[2]-5[1])and was the tallest (10[1])manmade (10[1])structure (10[4])for over 3 (10[1])millenia. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this pharaoh who built the Great (10[1])Pyramid (10[1])at (-5[1])Giza. (10[3])■END■ (10[5]0[3])

ANSWER: Khufu [or Cheops; or Khnum-Khufu; or Suphis; accept Khufu branch of the Nile]
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Brendan BethlehemCambridge BOxford B3410
Daniel NeylonTexas A&M BTexas A&M A50-5
Omer KeskinOxford AKiel6310
Jaime Salamanca CamachoImperial BEdinburgh6510
Aadarsh BalireddyCornell CCornell A7110
James McCurleyHarvard BHarvard A71-5
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicTennessee7710
Peter ScullyTufts BTufts A8110
Vinu HariharBerkeley CBerkeley B8810
Jack LewisMTSUVanderbilt A9310
Andrew HannaPennJohn Jay95-5
Halle FriedmanNYU ARowan95-5
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarColumbia C9710
Jack ObermanSouth CarolinaGeorgia Tech A9710
Ted WarnerBristolOxford C10010
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)Virginia B (UG)10110
Munir Siddiqui (UG)Maryland B (UG)Virginia C (UG)10110
Sinecio Morales (DII)Johns HopkinsColumbia B101-5
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)UNC A (Grad)10410
Simon Zimmerman (DII)Ohio State AMichigan B10410
Akshay SeetharamClaremont AIowa B10510
Nathan Redford (DII)Liberty C (DII)UNC B (UG)106-5
Justin DuffyHarvard AHarvard B10610
Justin LeeImperial ADurham B10710
Noah Dean (DII)KenyonMichigan C10910
Sam FooCambridge ASheffield109-5
Joshua Garner (DII)Ohio State BMichigan A11010
Kai MadgwickDurham AWarwick11010
Davin SivertsonAlabamaGeorgia Tech B110-5
Cormac BeirneSorbonneMichigan State A11110
Michał GerasimiukStanford ABerkeley A112-5
Jacky XuCornell BRIT B11210
Mitchell ShaddenTexas AUW A11210
Russell NipUBC ARice A11610
Andrew ZengStanford BStanford C11710
Roan DowlingIowa AAppalachian State11810
Arjun Bothra (UG)HaverfordNYU B11810
Andrew KelleyKentuckyHarding11810
Ashton LewisDartmouth ADartmouth B11810
Brian Dudley (UG)William & Mary A (UG)JMU A (UG)12110
Isaac Mammel (UG)Maryland A (Grad)Maryland C (DII)12210
Rose ConwayCambridge CKCL122-5
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)UNC D (DII)13210
Michael Eng (UG)UNC C (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)13310
Caleb Hines (DII)Liberty B (DII)GWU B (Grad)134-5
Tom ScheriRIT ABinghamton13510
Graham Troy (DII)UNC B (UG)Liberty C (DII)13510
Seth WebbTexas A&M ATexas A&M B13510
Rishabh DaveBerkeley AStanford A13610
Ethan Rehder (UG)Duke A (UG)JMU B (UG)13610
Andrew Storm (DII)GWU B (Grad)Liberty B (DII)1360
John John Groger (UG)Columbia BJohns Hopkins13610
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayPenn1360
Ashish KumbhardareRowanNYU A13610
Freddy PottsSheffieldCambridge A13610
Nick PruittKCLCambridge C1360