Giza Travel Guide


Things To See in Giza

Landmark 0.1 miles/0.2 km

Khafre's Pyramid, is the second largest of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza and the tomb of the fourth-dynasty pharaoh Khafre (Chephren). (...) Read more
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, Egypt. This complex of ancient monuments is located some eight kilometres (5 mi) inland into the desert from the old town of Giza on the Nile, some 25... Read more
Landmark 0.2 miles/0.3 km

Menkaure's Pyramid, located on the Giza Plateau on the southwestern outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, is the smallest of the three Pyramids of Giza. It was built to... Read more
Landmark 0.3 miles/0.5 km

, Germany Hemiunu (fl. 2570 BC) is believed to be the architect of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt.De Camp, op.cit., p. 35Shaw, op.cit., p. 89 He was the son... Read more
Landmark 0.4 miles/0.6 km

that was sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex at the foot of the Great Pyramid of Giza around 2,500 BC. The ship was almost certainly built for Khufu... Read more
Landmark 0.4 miles/0.6 km

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now Cairo, Egypt in Africa, and is the only... Read more
Landmark 0.5 miles/0.8 km

statue in Egypt, on the Giza Plateau at the west bank of the Nile River, near modern-day Cairo. The largest single-stone statue in the world, it stands 57... Read more
Landmark 0.5 miles/0.8 km

in the background A Sphinx is a zoomorphic mythological figure, usually depicted as a recumbent lion with a human head. It has its origins in Old Kingdom... Read more
Museum 1.4 miles/2.3 km

The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will be built by 2007–2010 at the cost of $US 350M. The museum will be sited on 50 hectares of land in Giza and is part of a... Read more
Landmark 5.1 miles/8.2 km

The Pyramid of Djedefre consists today mostly of ruins located at Abu Rawash in Egypt. It's Egypt's most northerly pyramid, and is believed to be built by king... Read more