📷 Diego F. Parra · Pexels
Where in the world
Egypt
The site
The Giza Necropolis, at the edge of Egypt's Western Desert near Cairo, holds the three great pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure alongside the Great Sphinx. All were raised during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, around 2600 to 2500 BCE. Beyond the pyramids themselves the site preserves temples, cemeteries, and the remains of a village that housed the workers who built them.
Field notes
- civilizations
- Egyptian
- types
- Necropolis
- built
- 2,600 BCE — 2,500 BCE
- occupied
- 2,600 BCE — 500 BCE
- country
- Egypt
Figures of this place
Laid to rest, born or died at Giza Necropolis
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Djedefhorrests hereancient Egyptian princeA⚱
Abuwtiyuwrests hereEgyptian dog, one of the earliest documented domestic animalsR⚱
Rekhetrerests hereancient Egyptian queen consortR⚱
Rawerrests hereancient Egyptian official of the 5th DynastyMonuments & structures
What stands within Giza Necropolis
Three GreatsGiza pyramid complex
archaeological siteThe Great Sphinx
Egyptian pyramidsPyramid of Khentkaus I
cemeteryGiza West Field
cemeteryGiza East Field
cemeteryGiza Central Field
Pictured through the ages
Artworks that portray Giza Necropolis
