Pyramid of Kheops

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest of the Egyptian pyramids and the most famous landmark of the in , Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only wonder that has remained largely intact.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 95 metres (312 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “Pyramid of Cheops”
  • …stands 139 metres (455 feet) tall
  • …has 40 floors
  • …has a pyramidal roof
  • Description: oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis; one of the seven ancient wonders of the world
  • Address: Giza
  • Also known as
    “Cheops”
    “Ekhet Khufu”
    “Great Pyramid of Giza”
    “Great Pyramid of Gizeh”
    “Haram Khūfū”
    “Pyramid of Khufu”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Khafra and Giza Pyramids.
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The pyramid of Khafre or of Chephren is the middle… is situated 490 metres southwest of Pyramid of Kheops.
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The Giza pyramid complex in is home to the… is situated 1¼ km southwest of Pyramid of Kheops.
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The of Giza is a limestone statue… is situated 540 metres southeast of Pyramid of Kheops.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi and Kerdasa.
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is a neighborhood.
is a markaz in Giza Governorate, . is situated 6 km north of Pyramid of Kheops.
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Pyramid of Kheops

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Latitude
29.97917° or 29° 58′ 45″ north
Longitude
31.13421° or 31° 8′ 3″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 4420397
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
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Geo­Names ID
356475
Wiki­data ID
Q37200

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Pyramid of Kheops” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Groot Piramide van Giza”
  • Albanian: “Piramida e Keopsit”
  • Amharic: “የጊዛ ታላቅ ፒራሚድ”
  • Arabic: “الهرم الأكبر”
  • Arabic: “هرم أكبر”
  • Arabic: “هرم الجيزة العظيم”
  • Arabic: “هرم الملك خوفو”
  • Arabic: “هرم خوفو”
  • Armenian: “Քեոպսի բուրգ”
  • Armenian: “Քեոփսի բուրգ”
  • Armenian: “Քեոփսի բուրգը”
  • Asturian: “Gran Pirámide de Gizeh”
  • Asturian: “Gran pirámide de Guiza”
  • Asturian: “Gran Piramide de Keops”
  • Asturian: “Piramide de Keops”
  • Asturian: “Pirámide de Khufu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xeops ehramı”
  • Bashkir: “Хеопс пирамидаһы”
  • Basque: “Gizako Piramide Handia”
  • Basque: “Keopsen piramidea”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікая піраміда Гізы”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікая піраміда Хеопса”
  • Belarusian: “Піраміда Хеопса”
  • Bengali: “গিজার মহা পিরামিড”
  • Bosnian: “Keopsova piramida”
  • Bosnian: “Velika piramida u Gizi”
  • Breton: “Piramidenn C’heops”
  • Breton: “Piramidenn C’houfou”
  • Breton: “Piramidenn Kheops”
  • Breton: “Piramidenn vras Gizah”
  • Bulgarian: “Велика пирамида в Гиза”
  • Bulgarian: “Велика пирамида”
  • Bulgarian: “Великата пирамида в Гиза”
  • Bulgarian: “Великата пирамида”
  • Bulgarian: “Голяма пирамида в Гиза”
  • Bulgarian: “Голямата пирамида в Гиза”
  • Bulgarian: “Пирамида на Хеопс”
  • Bulgarian: “Пирамида на Хуфу”
  • Bulgarian: “Пирамидата на Хеопс”
  • Bulgarian: “Хеопсова пирамида”
  • Bulgarian: “Хеопсовата пирамида”
  • Burmese: “ဂိုင်ဇာမဟာပိရိမစ်ကြီး”
  • Burmese: “ဂီဇာမဟာပိရမစ်ကြီး”
  • Catalan: “Gran Piràmide de Giza”
  • Catalan: “Gran Piràmide de Gizeh”
  • Catalan: “Gran piràmide”
  • Catalan: “Keops”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Giza”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Keops”
  • Catalan: “piràmide de Kheops”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Quèops”
  • Cebuano: “The Great Pyramid at Giza”
  • Central Kurdish: “ھەرەمی گەورە”
  • Chinese: “古夫金字塔”
  • Chinese: “吉萨大金字塔”
  • Chinese: “大金字塔”
  • Chinese: “奇歐普斯金字塔”
  • Chinese: “胡夫金字塔”
  • Chuvash: “Хеопс пирамиди”
  • Croatian: “Keopsova piramida”
  • Croatian: “Kufuova piramida”
  • Croatian: “Velika piramida”
  • Czech: “Cheopsova pyramida”
  • Czech: “Chufevova pyramida”
  • Czech: “Chufuova pyramida”
  • Czech: “Velká pyramida”
  • Danish: “Den store pyramide i Giza”
  • Danish: “Den store pyramide i Gizeh”
  • Danish: “Keops pyramiden”
  • Dhivehi: “ޚޫފޫ ޕިރަމިޑް”
  • Dutch: “De piramide van Cheops”
  • Dutch: “Grote Piramide van Giza”
  • Dutch: “Grote Piramide van Gizeh”
  • Dutch: “Grote Piramide”
  • Dutch: “Piramide van Cheops”
  • Dutch: “Pyramide van Cheops”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هرم خوفو”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Piramido de Gizo”
  • Esperanto: “Piramido de Ĥufu”
  • Esperanto: “Piramido de Keopso”
  • Estonian: “Cheopsi püramiid”
  • Estonian: “Hufu Suur püramiid”
  • Finnish: “Gizan suuri pyramidi”
  • Finnish: “Kheopsin pyramidi”
  • Finnish: “Khufun pyramidi”
  • French: “Grande pyramide de Gizeh”
  • French: “Grande pyramide de Khéops”
  • French: “Grande pyramide”
  • French: “Pyramide de giza”
  • French: “Pyramide de Gizeh”
  • French: “Pyramide de Khéops”
  • Galician: “Gran Pirámide de Gizeh”
  • Galician: “Gran Pirámide de Guiza”
  • Galician: “Gran Pirámide”
  • Galician: “Pirámide de Queops”
  • Georgian: “გიზის დიდი პირამიდა”
  • Georgian: “ხეოფსის პირამიდა”
  • German: “Cheops-Pyramide”
  • German: “Chufu-Pyramide”
  • Greek: “Πυραμίδα του Χέοπα”
  • Greek: “Πυραμίδα του Χέοπος”
  • Guarani: “Gísa Pirámide Guasu”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Piramid di Khéops”
  • Gujarati: “ગીઝાનો મહાન પિરામિડ”
  • Hebrew: “הפירמידה הגדולה של גיזה”
  • Hebrew: “פירמידה גדולה של גיזה”
  • Hebrew: “פירמידה גדולה”
  • Hindi: “खुफू का पिरामिड”
  • Hindi: “गीज़ा के महान पिरामिड”
  • Hungarian: “a gízai Nagy-piramis”
  • Hungarian: “el-gízai nagy piramis”
  • Hungarian: “Gízai Nagy Piramis, Khufu - Keops piramis”
  • Hungarian: “Gízai nagy piramis”
  • Hungarian: “Hufu-piramis”
  • Hungarian: “Kheopsz-piramis”
  • Hungarian: “Khufu-piramis”
  • Hungarian: “Nagy-piramis”
  • Icelandic: “Píramídinn mikli í Giza”
  • Icelandic: “Pýramídinn mikli í Gísa”
  • Icelandic: “Pýramídinn mikli í Giza”
  • Igbo: “Nnukwu pyramid nke Giza”
  • Indonesian: “Piramid Giza”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Agung Giza”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Agung”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Besar Giza”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Cheops”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Giza”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Khufu”
  • Irish: “Pirimid Mhór Giza”
  • Italian: “grande piramide di Giza”
  • Italian: “Grande Piramide”
  • Italian: “Piramide di Cheope”
  • Italian: “piramide di Khufu”
  • Japanese: “ギザのピラミッド”
  • Japanese: “ギザの大ピラミッド”
  • Japanese: “クフ王のピラミッド”
  • Japanese: “クフ王の大ピラミッド”
  • Javanese: “Piramid Giza”
  • Javanese: “Piramida Agung Giza”
  • Kannada: “ಗೀಜಾದ ಮಹಾ ಪಿರಾಮಿಡ್”
  • Kashmiri: “گیٖزاہک تھوٚد اہرام”
  • Kashmiri: “گیٖزاہُک عظیٖم اہرام”
  • Kazakh: “Хеопс пирамидасы”
  • Kazakh: “Хеопс”
  • Khmer: “មហាពីរ៉ាមីតនៃជីហ្សា”
  • Komering: “Piramida Agung Giza”
  • Korean: “기자의 대피라미드”
  • Korean: “대피라미드”
  • Korean: “쿠푸의 대피라미드”
  • Kurdish: “Pîramîda Keops”
  • Kurdish: “Pîramîda Mezin”
  • Ladino: “Piramida Grande en Giza”
  • Lao: “ມະຫາປີລະມິດ ແຫ່ງ ກິຊາ”
  • Latin: “Magna Pyramis Gizensis”
  • Latvian: “Heopsa piramīda”
  • Limburgan: “Piramide va Cheops”
  • Limburgan: “Piramide van Cheops”
  • Lithuanian: “Cheopso piramidė”
  • Lithuanian: “Didžioji Gizos piramidė”
  • Livvi: “Kheopsan piramidu”
  • Low German: “Piramide van Cheops”
  • Low German: “Piramide van Kheops”
  • Low German: “Pyramide van Kheops”
  • Macedonian: “Кеопсова пирамида”
  • Magahi: “गीजाके महान पिरामिड्”
  • Maithili: “गीजा कऽ महान पिरामिड”
  • Malagasy: “Piramida lehibe an’i Giza”
  • Malay: “Piramid Agung Giza”
  • Malay: “Piramid Agung Kufu”
  • Malay: “Piramid Besar Kufu”
  • Malay: “Piramid Giza”
  • Malayalam: “Great Pyramid of Giza”
  • Malayalam: “ഗിസാ പിരമിഡ്”
  • Marathi: “खुफूचा पिरॅमिड”
  • Marathi: “गिझाचा भव्य पिरॅमिड”
  • Marathi: “गिझाचे महान पिरॅमिड्स”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Giza ê Tōa Kim-jī-thah”
  • Minangkabau: “Piramid Giza”
  • Mingrelian: “ხეოფსიშ პირამიდა”
  • Mongolian: “Гизагийн аугаа Пирамид”
  • Mongolian: “Хеопсын буюу Хуфугийн пирамид”
  • Mongolian: “Хеопсын пирамид”
  • Mongolian: “Хуфугийн пирамид”
  • Neapolitan: “Piramide ‘e Cheope”
  • Nepali: “गिजाको विशाल पिरामिड”
  • Nepali: “पिरामिड”
  • Nepali: “मिश्रको पिरामिड”
  • Newari: “गिजायागु पिरामिड”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den store pyramide i Giza”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den store pyramiden i Giza”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Keopspyramiden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kepospyramiden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kheopspyramiden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Keopspyramiden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kheopspyramiden”
  • Norwegian: “Kheopspyramiden”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Grana Piramida de Giza”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Grana Piramida de Guisah”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Grana Piramida”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Granda Piramida de Giza”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Granda Piramida”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Piramida de Kheops”
  • Panjabi: “ਖ਼ੁਫ਼ੂ ਦਾ ਮਹਾਨ ਪਿਰਾਮਿਡ”
  • Persian: “هرم بزرگ جیزه”
  • Persian: “هرم خئوپس”
  • Persian: “هرم خوفو”
  • Persian: “هرم کوفو”
  • Polish: “Piramida Cheopsa”
  • Polish: “Piramida Chufu”
  • Polish: “Wielka Piramida Cheopsa”
  • Polish: “Wielka Piramida”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Pirâmide de Gizé”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide de Quéops”
  • Pushto: “د جیزه لوی هرم”
  • Quechua: “Giza chuntu”
  • Quechua: “Giza hatun chuntu”
  • Quechua: “Gizapi chuntu”
  • Romanian: “Marea piramida a lui Keops”
  • Romanian: “Marea Piramidă din Giseh”
  • Romanian: “Marea Piramidă din Giza”
  • Romanian: “Marea Piramidă”
  • Romanian: “Piramida lui Keops”
  • Romanian: “Piramida lui Kheops”
  • Romany: “Piramida lui Keops”
  • Russian: “Великая пирамида”
  • Russian: “Пирамида Хеопса”
  • Russian: “Пирамида Хуфу”
  • Russian: “Хеопсова пирамида”
  • Scots: “Great Pyramid o Giza”
  • Serbian: “Magna Pyramis Cheopis”
  • Serbian: “Ахет Куфу”
  • Serbian: “Велика Кеопсова пирамида”
  • Serbian: “Кеопсова пирамида”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Keopsova piramida”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Velika Keopsova piramida”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Velika piramida u Gizi”
  • Sicilian: “Piramidi di Chèopi”
  • Sicilian: “Piramidi Granni di Giza”
  • Silesian: “Wielgŏ Piyramida we Gizie”
  • Sinhala: “ගීසාහී මහා පිරමිඩය”
  • Slovak: “Cheopsova pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Chufevova pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Chufuho pyrmída”
  • Slovak: “Chufuova pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Prvá pyramída v Gíze”
  • Slovak: “Veľká Cheopsova pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Veľká pyramída v Gíze”
  • Slovenian: “Keopsova piramida”
  • Slovenian: “Kufujeva piramida”
  • Slovenian: “Velika piramida”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جیزه هرمی”
  • Spanish: “Gran Pirámide de Giza”
  • Spanish: “Gran pirámide de Gizeh”
  • Spanish: “Gran Pirámide de Guiza”
  • Spanish: “Gran Pirámide de Keops”
  • Spanish: “Gran Pirámide”
  • Spanish: “La Gran Pirámide de Giza”
  • Spanish: “La Gran Pirámide”
  • Spanish: “Piramide de Giza”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Gizeh”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Guiza”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Jufu”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Keops”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Khufu”
  • Swedish: “Cheopspyramiden”
  • Tagalog: “Dakilang Piramide ng Giza”
  • Tagalog: “pyramid of giza”
  • Tamil: “கிசா பிரமிடு வளாகம்”
  • Tamil: “கிசாவின் பெரிய பிரமிட்”
  • Tamil: “கீசாவின் மாபெரும் பிரமிட்”
  • Tatar: “Xeops piramidası”
  • Tatar: “Гизаның Бөек пирамидасы”
  • Telugu: “గ్రేట్ పిరమిడ్ ఆఫ్ గిజా”
  • Thai: “Great Pyramid of Giza”
  • Thai: “พีระมิดคีออปส์”
  • Thai: “พีระมิดคูฟู”
  • Thai: “มหาปิระมิดแห่งกีซา”
  • Thai: “มหาพีระมิด”
  • Thai: “มหาพีระมิดแห่งกิซ่า”
  • Turkish: “Giza Piramidi”
  • Turkish: “Keops Piramidi”
  • Turkish: “Keops Piramiti”
  • Turkish: “Khufu Piramidi”
  • Twi: “Cheops Pyramid”
  • Ukrainian: “Велика Піраміда”
  • Ukrainian: “Піраміда Хеопса”
  • Urdu: “گیزہ کا عظیم ہرم”
  • Urdu: “ہرم خوفو”
  • Uzbek: “Xeops piramidasi”
  • Uzbek: “Xeopsa Piramidasi”
  • Veps: “Heopsan piramid”
  • Vietnamese: “Đại kim tự tháp Giza”
  • Vietnamese: “Đại kim tự tháp”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Cheops”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Giza”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Kheops”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Khufu”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp lớn Giza”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp lớn ở Giza”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Dungganan nga Piramide han Giza”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Great Pyramid of Giza”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Harangdon nga Piramide han Giza”
  • Welsh: “Pyramid Mawr Giza”
  • Welsh: “Pyramid Mawr Khufu”
  • Western Frisian: “Piramide fan Cheops”
  • Western Panjabi: “خوفو دا اہرام”
  • Western Panjabi: “خوفو دا ہرم”
  • Wu Chinese: “胡夫金字塔”
  • Yoruba: “Great Pyramid of Giza”
  • Yoruba: “Pírámídì Nínlá ti Gísà”
  • Yue Chinese: “胡夫金字塔”
  • Zeeuws: “Piramide van Cheops”
  • “tomo nena pi jan Kupu”

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