Menkaura

The pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three main pyramids of the , located on the Giza Plateau in the southwestern outskirts of , .
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 65 metres (213 feet)
  • …stands 66 metres (217 feet) tall
  • …has a pyramidal roof
  • Description: smallest of the three main Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
  • Address: Giza
  • Also known as
    “Menkaure’s Pyramid”
    “Pyramid of Menkaure”
    “Third Pyramid”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Giza Pyramids and Pyramid of Kheops.
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The Giza pyramid complex in is home to the… is situated 360 metres southwest of Menkaura.
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The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest of the… is situated 1 km northeast of Menkaura.
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The pyramid of Khafre or of Chephren is the middle… is situated 450 metres northeast of Menkaura.

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 7 km north of Menkaura.
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Menkaura

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Latitude
29.97251° or 29° 58′ 21″ north
Longitude
31.12826° or 31° 7′ 42″ east
Open location code
7GXHX4FH+28
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4420398
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tomb
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6301906
Wiki­data ID
Q238623

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Menkaura” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هرم الملك منكاروع”
  • Arabic: “هرم منقرع”
  • Arabic: “هرم منكاورع”
  • Armenian: “Միկերինի բուրգ”
  • Armenian: “Միկերինոսի բուրգ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Menkaur ehramı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Menkaur piramidası”
  • Basque: “Mizerinoren piramidea”
  • Belarusian: “Піраміда Мікерына”
  • Bulgarian: “Пирамида на Менкаура”
  • Bulgarian: “Пирамида на Микерин”
  • Catalan: “Menkaure”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Menkara”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Menkaura”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Menkaure”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Menkure”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Micerí”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Micerinos”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Micerinus”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Mikerinos”
  • Catalan: “Piràmide de Mykerinos”
  • Cebuano: “Pyramid of Menkaure”
  • Chinese: “孟卡拉金字塔”
  • Chinese: “門卡拉金字塔”
  • Czech: “Menkaureova pyramida”
  • Dhivehi: “މެންކޫރީ ޕިރަމިޑް”
  • Dutch: “Piramide van Menkaoera”
  • Dutch: “Piramide van Mycerinus”
  • Dutch: “Piramide van Mykerinos”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هرم منقرع”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هرم منكاورع”
  • Esperanto: “Piramido de Menkaure”
  • Finnish: “Menkauren pyramidi”
  • Finnish: “Mykerinoksen pyramidi”
  • French: “Mykérinos”
  • French: “Pyramide de Mykérinos”
  • German: “Menkaure-Pyramide”
  • German: “Mykerinos-Pyramide”
  • Greek: “Πυραμίδα του Μυκερίνου”
  • Hebrew: “פירמידת מנכאורע”
  • Hindi: “मेंकौरे का पिरामिड”
  • Hindi: “मेनकायर का पिरामिड”
  • Hungarian: “Menkauré-piramis”
  • Indonesian: “Piramida Menkaure”
  • Italian: “Piramide di Micerino”
  • Japanese: “メンカウラー王のピラミッド”
  • Korean: “멘카우레의 피라미드”
  • Lithuanian: “Mikerino piramidė”
  • Macedonian: “Микеринова пирамида”
  • Northern Luri: “هرم منکو رع”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Menkaurapyramiden”
  • Norwegian: “Menkaurapyramiden”
  • Persian: “هرم منکور”
  • Persian: “هرم منکورع”
  • Persian: “هرم میسرینوس”
  • Polish: “Piramida Mykerinosa”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide de Miquerinos”
  • Romanian: “Piramida lui Menkaura”
  • Romanian: “Piramida lui Mikerinos”
  • Russian: “Пирамида Менкаура”
  • Russian: “Пирамида Микерина”
  • Serbian: “Mikerinova piramida”
  • Serbian: “Микеринова пирамида”
  • Slovak: “Menkaureho pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Menkaureova pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Mikerínova pyramída”
  • Slovak: “Mykerínova pyramída”
  • Slovenian: “Menkaurova piramida”
  • Slovenian: “Mikerinova piramida”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Menkaura”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Micerino”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Micerinos”
  • Spanish: “Pirámide de Mikerinos”
  • Swedish: “Menkauras pyramid”
  • Swedish: “Mykerinos pyramid”
  • Swedish: “Mykerinospyramiden”
  • Tamil: “மென்கௌரே பிரமிடு”
  • Tatar: “Менкаур пирамидасы”
  • Thai: “พีระมิดเมนคาวเร”
  • Thai: “พีระมิดเมนคีเร”
  • Turkish: “Mikerinos Piramidi”
  • Turkish: “Mikerinos Piramiti”
  • Ukrainian: “Піраміда Мікерина”
  • Ukrainian: “Піраміда Мікеріна”
  • Urdu: “ہرم منقرع”
  • Uzbek: “Menkaura piramidasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Menkaure”
  • Vietnamese: “Kim tự tháp Mykerinos”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Menkaure quarry and Western cemetery.

Nearby Places

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