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  2. Great Pyramid of Giza - Wikipedia

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    The Great Pyramid of Giza [a] is the largest Egyptian pyramid.It served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.Built c. 2600 BC, [3] over a period of about 26 years, [4] the pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only wonder that has remained largely intact.

  3. Egyptian pyramids - Wikipedia

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    The Giza Plateau is the location of the Pyramid of Khufu (also known as the "Great Pyramid" and the "Pyramid of Cheops"), the somewhat smaller Pyramid of Khafre (or Chephren), the relatively modest-sized Pyramid of Menkaure (or Mykerinus), along with a number of smaller satellite edifices known as "Queen's pyramids", and the Great Sphinx of ...

  4. Giza pyramid complex - Wikipedia

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    The Giza pyramid complex at night. The sides of all three of the Giza pyramids were astronomically oriented to the cardinal directions within a small fraction of a degree. [17] [18] According to the disputed Orion correlation theory, the arrangement of the pyramids is a representation of the constellation Orion.

  5. List of World Heritage Sites in Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Giza: 1994 (cultural) Dahshur was a part of the Memphite Necropolis that has been listed as a World Heritage Site since 1979. It was first used by Sneferu of the Fourth Dynasty, who constructed the Bent Pyramid (pictured). It was later used by the pharaohs of the Middle Kingdom. [21] El Fayoum: Faiyum: 1994 (cultural)

  6. Ancient Egyptian architecture - Wikipedia

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    The Great Pyramid of Giza, which was probably completed c. 2580 BC, is the oldest of the Giza pyramids and the largest pyramid in the world, and is the only surviving monument of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. [28] The pyramid of Khafre is believed to have been completed around 2532 BC, at the end of Khafre's reign. [29]

  7. Giza Plateau - Wikipedia

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    Pyramids of Giza A sketch made by Dutch traveller Cornelis de Bruyn on his journey through Egypt in 1698.. The Giza pyramid complex (مجمع أهرامات الجيزة), also called the Giza necropolis and also known as the Pyramids of Giza or Egypt, is the site on the Giza Plateau in Giza, that includes the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, along ...

  8. 50 Times Architects And Designers Got It Right - AOL

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    From the Taj Mahal, to the Sistine Chapel, the Colosseum and the Pyramids of Giza, there’s no shortage of awe-inspiring architecture and design on our planet. Some people are even willing to ...

  9. Construction of the Egyptian pyramids - Wikipedia

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    According to Egyptologists, the findings of both the 1984 and 1995 David H. Koch Pyramids Radiocarbon Projects [9] [10] may suggest that Egypt had to strip its forest and scrap every bit of wood it had to build the pyramids of Giza and other even earlier 4th Dynasty pyramids. Carbon dating samples from core blocks and other materials revealed ...