Pyramids of Giza
The Giza pyramid complex in Egypt is home to the Great Pyramid, the pyramid of Khafre, and the pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes and the Great Sphinx.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Pyramid
- Description: archaeological site on the Giza Plateau, Egypt
- Also known as: “Ahrāmāt al Jīzah”, “Giza pyramid complex”, “Giza Pyramids”, and “Pyramids of Gizeh”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pyramid of Kheops and Khafra.
Pyramid of Kheops
The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Pyramid of Kheops is situated 310 metres northeast of Pyramids of Giza.
Khafra
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The pyramid of Khafre or of Chephren is the middle of the three Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza, the second tallest and second largest of the group. It is the only pyramid out of the three that still has cladding at the top. Khafra is situated 180 metres southwest of Pyramids of Giza.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi and Kerdasa.
Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi
Neighborhood
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Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi is a neighborhood.
Kerdasa
Village
Kerdasa is a markaz in Giza Governorate, Egypt. It is famed for its hand-made textile crafts, woven carpets, and wall hangings in native traditional patterns. Kerdasa is situated 6 km north of Pyramids of Giza.
Giza
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Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this. Imagine Ancient Egypt and this is where your mind will land. Here is Giza, the city just west of Cairo, where on a desert plateau stand the Pyramids, Sphinx and royal tombs of the pharaohs.
Pyramids of Giza
- Categories: Ancient Egyptian necropolis, group, Three Greats, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Pyramids of Giza” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Piramides van Giza”
- Albanian: “Piramidat e Gizës”
- Arabic: “اهرامات الجيزة”
- Arabic: “مجمع أهرامات الجيزة”
- Aragonese: “Necropoli de Chiza”
- Armenian: “Գիզայի բուրգեր”
- Assamese: “গিজাৰ পিৰামিড পৰিসৰ”
- Asturian: “piramides de Gizeh”
- Asturian: “pirámides de Gizeh”
- Asturian: “piramides de Guiza”
- Asturian: “pirámides de Guiza”
- Azerbaijani: “Cizə ehramları”
- Azerbaijani: “Giza piramidaları”
- Bashkir: “Гиза пирамидалары”
- Basque: “Gizako nekropolia”
- Basque: “Gizako piramideak”
- Belarusian: “Піраміды Гізы”
- Bosnian: “Piramide u Gizi”
- Breton: “Nekropol Gizah”
- Bulgarian: “Некропол в Гиза”
- Bulgarian: “Пирамиди в Гиза”
- Catalan: “Necròpolis de Giza”
- Catalan: “Necròpolis de Gizeh”
- Catalan: “Necròpolis de Guiza”
- Catalan: “Piràmides de Guiza”
- Cebuano: “Pyramids of Giza”
- Central Kurdish: “ھەڕەمەکانی جیزە”
- Chechen: “Гизан Пирамидаш”
- Chinese: “吉萨金字塔群”
- Chinese: “吉薩金字塔建築群”
- Chinese: “吉薩金字塔群”
- Chinese: “孟菲斯及其墓地金字塔”
- Church Slavic: “Пирамиды Гизы”
- Church Slavic: “Пѷрамїдꙑ Гиꙁꙑ”
- Croatian: “Piramide u Gizi”
- Czech: “Gízská nekropole”
- Danish: “Pyramidekomplekset med sfinksen ved Giza”
- Dhivehi: “ޖީޒާގެ ޕިރަމިޑް”
- Dutch: “Piramiden van Gizeh”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اهرامات الجيزه”
- Esperanto: “Piramidoj de Gizo”
- Estonian: “Giza püramiidid”
- Finnish: “Gizan pyramidit”
- French: “Grandes Pyramides d’Egypte”
- French: “pyramides de Gizeh”
- French: “Pyramides de Gizeh”
- Galician: “Necrópole de Gizeh”
- Galician: “Pirámides de Gizeh”
- Georgian: “გიზის ნეკროპოლისი”
- German: “Pyramiden von Giseh”
- German: “Pyramiden von Gizeh”
- German: “Pyramidenkomplex von Gīza”
- Greek: “Μεγάλες Πυραμίδες”
- Greek: “Πυραμίδες της Γκίζα”
- Greek: “Πυραμίδες της Γκίζας”
- Hausa: “Tsarin pyramid na Giza”
- Hebrew: “הנקרופוליס בגיזה”
- Hebrew: “מתחם הפירמידות בגיזה”
- Hindi: “गीज़ा के पिरामिड”
- Hindi: “गीज़ा पिरामिड कॉम्प्लेक्स”
- Hindi: “गीज़ा पिरामिड परिसर”
- Hungarian: “gízai piramisok”
- Hungarian: “Gízai piramisok”
- Icelandic: “Pýramídarnir í Gísa”
- Ido: “Piramidi di Giza”
- Igbo: “Ihe mgbagwoju pyramid nke mmadu”
- Indonesian: “Kompleks piramida Giza”
- Italian: “piramidi di Giza”
- Italian: “Piramidi di Giza”
- Japanese: “三大ピラミッド”
- Javanese: “Piramidha Giza”
- Kabiyè: “Gizeh tɛtʋ taa pɩlaŋ”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Giza piramidaları”
- Komering: “Kompleks Piramida Giza”
- Korean: “기자의 피라미드”
- Kurdish: “Pîramîdên Gîzeyê”
- Ladin: “Piramides de Giza”
- Latin: “Necropolis Gizensis”
- Latin: “Pyramides Gizenses”
- Latvian: “Gīzas piramīdas”
- Lithuanian: “Gizos piramidės”
- Low German: “Piramides van Giza”
- Luxembourgish: “Pyramide vu Gizeh”
- Macedonian: “Пирамиди во Гиза”
- Malay: “Kompleks piramid Giza”
- Malayalam: “ഗിസ നെക്രൊപൊളിസ്”
- Malayalam: “ഗിസയിലെ പിരമിഡുകൾ”
- Mingrelian: “გიზაშ ნეკროპოლისი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pyramidekomplekset ved Giza”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pyramidane ved Giza”
- Norwegian: “Pyramidekomplekset ved Giza”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Piramidas de Giza”
- Papiamento: “Nekropolis di Giza”
- Persian: “اهرام جیزه”
- Persian: “مجموعه اهرام جیزه”
- Piemontese: “Ansem ëd la piràmid ëd Giza”
- Polish: “Piramidy w Gizie”
- Portuguese: “Necrópole de Gizé”
- Portuguese: “pirâmides de Gizé”
- Portuguese: “Pirâmides de Gizé”
- Pushto: “د جیزه د اهرامونو ټولګه”
- Romanian: “Piramidele de la Giza”
- Romanian: “Piramidele din Giza”
- Russian: “Пирамиды Гизы”
- Samogitian: “Gizas pėramėdės”
- Serbian: “Велике пирамиде”
- Serbian: “Пирамиде из Гизе”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Piramide u Gizi”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Velike piramide”
- Silesian: “Piyramidy we Gizie”
- Sinhala: “ගීසා පිරමීඩ සංකීර්ණය”
- Slovak: “Nekropola pri Gíze”
- Slovenian: “piramide pri Gizi”
- Somali: “Giza Pyramids”
- South Azerbaijani: “جیزه هرملری”
- Spanish: “piramides de Giza”
- Spanish: “pirámides de Giza”
- Spanish: “piramides de Guiza”
- Spanish: “pirámides de Guiza”
- Spanish: “Pirámides de Guiza”
- Swahili: “Piramidi za Giza”
- Swedish: “Gizaplatån”
- Swedish: “Pyramiderna i Giza”
- Tagalog: “Nekropolis ng Giza”
- Tamil: “கிசா பிரமிடுத் தொகுதி”
- Tatar: “Cizä piramidaları”
- Thai: “มหาสุสานกิซา”
- Thai: “มหาสุสานกีซา”
- Turkish: “Gize Piramitleri”
- Ukrainian: “Піраміди Гізи”
- Urdu: “اہرامات جیزہ”
- Uzbek: “Giza piramidalari”
- Uzbek: “Giza”
- Vietnamese: “Khu lăng mộ Giza”
- Vietnamese: “Quần thể kim tự tháp Giza”
- Waray (Philippines): “Necropolis han Giza”
- Welsh: “Pyramidau Giza”
- Western Frisian: “Piramiden fan Giza”
- Western Frisian: “Piramides fan Gizee”
- Western Panjabi: “اہرام مصر”
- Wu Chinese: “吉萨金字塔群”
- Yue Chinese: “吉薩金字塔群”
- “Gizas pėramėdės”
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