North Africa
Egypt
Giza Governorate

Pyramid of Kheops

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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis; one of the seven ancient wonders of the world
  • Also known as: “Cheops”, “Ekhet Khufu”, “Great Pyramid of Giza”, “Great Pyramid of Gizeh”, “Haram Khūfū”, “Pyramid of Cheops”, and “Pyramid of Khufu”
  • Address: Giza
  • Roof shape: pyramidal
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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 of the three Ancient Egyptian , 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. is situated 490 metres southwest of Pyramid of Kheops.

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The Giza pyramid complex in is home to the Great Pyramid, the , and the , along with their associated pyramid complexes and the . is situated 1¼ km southwest of Pyramid of Kheops.

Work of art
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The is a limestone of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. The monument was sculpted from the limestone bedrock of the Eocene-aged Mokattam Formation and faces east on the Giza Plateau, on the west bank of the Nile in , Egypt. 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.

Village
is a markaz in Giza Governorate, . It is famed for its hand-made textile crafts, woven carpets, and wall hangings in native traditional patterns. is situated 6 km north of Pyramid of Kheops.

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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 , the city just west of Cairo, where on a desert plateau stand the Pyramids, Sphinx and royal tombs of the pharaohs.

Pyramid of Kheops

Latitude
29.97917° or 29° 58′ 45″ north
Longitude
31.13421° or 31° 8′ 3″ east
Elevation
95 metres (312 feet)
Levels
40
Height
139 metres (455 feet)
Open location code
7GXHX4HM+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4420397
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­pyramidal
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: “الهرم الاكبر”
  • Arabic: “هرم أكبر”
  • Arabic: “هرم اكبر”
  • 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 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: “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”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Quèops”
  • Cebuano: “The Great Pyramid at Giza”
  • Central Kurdish: “ھەرەمی گەورە”
  • Chinese: “Giza ê Tōa Kim-jī-thah”
  • 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”
  • Danish: “Keopspyramiden”
  • 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 Kheops”
  • French: “pyramide de Khéops”
  • 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: “Cheopspyramide”
  • 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: “गीजा का महान पिरामिड”
  • Hindi: “गीजा के महान 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: “Gízai nagy piramis”
  • Hungarian: “gízai Nagy-piramis”
  • Hungarian: “Hufu-piramis”
  • Hungarian: “Kheopsz-piramis”
  • Hungarian: “Khufu-piramis”
  • Hungarian: “nagy 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 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”
  • 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”
  • 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: “ഗിസ പിരമിഡ്”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • 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 Cheopi”
  • 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 Piramide de Giza”
  • Spanish: “Gran pirámide de Giza”
  • Spanish: “Gran Pirámide de Giza”
  • Spanish: “Gran piramide de Gizeh”
  • Spanish: “Gran pirámide de Gizeh”
  • Spanish: “Gran Piramide de Guiza”
  • Spanish: “Gran Pirámide de Guiza”
  • Spanish: “Gran Piramide de Keops”
  • Spanish: “Gran Pirámide de Keops”
  • Spanish: “Gran Piramide”
  • Spanish: “Gran Pirámide”
  • Spanish: “La Gran Piramide de Giza”
  • Spanish: “La Gran Pirámide de Giza”
  • Spanish: “La Gran Piramide”
  • Spanish: “La Gran Pirámide”
  • Spanish: “Piramide de Giza”
  • Spanish: “Piramide de Gizeh”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Gizeh”
  • Spanish: “Piramide de Guiza”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Guiza”
  • Spanish: “Piramide de Jufu”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Jufu”
  • Spanish: “Piramide de Keops”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Keops”
  • Spanish: “Piramide de Khufu”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Khufu”
  • Swedish: “Cheopspyramiden”
  • Tagalog: “Dakilang Piramide ng Giza”
  • Tagalog: “pyramid of giza”
  • Tamil: “கிசா பிரமிடு வளாகம்”
  • Tamil: “கிசாவின் பெரிய பிரமிடு”
  • 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”
  • Thai: “มหาพีระมิดแห่งกีซา”
  • Turkish: “Giza Piramidi”
  • Turkish: “Keops Piramidi”
  • Turkish: “Keops Piramiti”
  • Turkish: “Khufu Piramidi”
  • Twi: “Cheops Pyramid”
  • Ukrainian: “Велика Піраміда”
  • Ukrainian: “піраміда Хеопса”
  • 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 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”

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