Chenstochow
a town of Poland, near the left bank of the Warthe river.
It is on the Warsaw-Vienna railway.
Prior to the World War the town was of considerable industrial importance, containing cotton mills, iron foundries, breweries, flour mills, etc. Near by is the famous monastery of the order of St. Paul the Hermit, visited annually by many thousands of pilgrims. Pop. about 75,000.
CHEOPS (ke'ops), the name given by Herodotus to the Egyptian despot whom the Egyptians themselves called Khufu.
He belonged to the rulers who had for their capital Memphis; lived about 2800- 2700 B. C., and built the largest of the pyramids. According to Herodotus he employed 100,000 men on this work constantly for 20 years.