Giza Pyramids
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: Sand
- Description: archaeological site on the Giza Plateau, Egypt
- Also known as: “Giza pyramid complex”
- Address: Giza
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Menkaura and Pyramid of Kheops.
Menkaura
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three main pyramids of the Giza pyramid complex, located on the Giza Plateau in the southwestern outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Menkaura is situated 360 metres northeast of Giza Pyramids.
Pyramid of Kheops
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 800 metres northeast of Giza Pyramids.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi and Kerdasa.
Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi
Neighborhood
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 7 km north of Giza Pyramids.
Abu Rawash
Locality
Photo: AhlyMan, Public domain.
Abu Rawash, 8 kilometres north of Giza, is the site of Egypt's most northerly pyramid, also known as the lost pyramid – the mostly ruined Pyramid of Djedefre, the son and successor of Khufu. Abu Rawash is situated 8 km northwest of Giza Pyramids.
Giza Pyramids
- Categories: necropolis, group, Three Greats, archaeological site, historic site, and landform
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.97077° or 29° 58′ 15″ northLongitude
31.12507° or 31° 7′ 30″ eastOpen location code
7GXHX4CG+82OpenStreetMap ID
way 73227488OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=sandWikidata ID
Q12508
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Giza Pyramids” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Piramides van Giza”
- Albanian: “Piramidat e Gizës”
- Arabic: “أهرامات 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: “吉萨的墓地”
- 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: “Nécropole de Gizeh”
- 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: “기자 네크로폴리스”
- 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 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: “Некрополь Ґізи”
- 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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