Cairo Tourist sites ( Pyramids of Giza )

Cairo Tourist sites

Pyramids of Giza : 

The Giza Necropolis is an archaeological site on the Giza Plateau on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. This complex of ancient monuments includes the three pyramid complexes known as the Great Pyramids, the massive sculpture known as the Great Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers' village and an industrial complex

It is located some 9 km . inland into the desert from the old town of Giza on the Nile, some 25 km . southwest of Cairo city centre. The pyramids

When the Great Pyramid was listed by Antipater of Sidon as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Today it is the only one of the ancient Wonders still in existence.

The Pyramids of Giza consist of the Great Pyramid of Giza (known as the Great Pyramid and the Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu), the somewhat smaller Pyramid of Khafre (or Chephren) a few hundred meters to the south-west, and the relatively modest-sized Pyramid of Menkaure(or Mykerinos) a few hundred meters further south-west. The Great Sphinx lies on the east side of the complex

Along with these major monuments are a number of smaller satellite edifices, known as "queens" pyramids, causeways and valley pyramids.