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Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt

  • Address Sh. Al Ahram Road
    Old town of Giza, 5 miles into the desert
    Cairo
    Egypt
  • Phone number+20 2 385 0259

The Giza Plateau—through which the river Nile once flowed—is today a desert. It is here that the Pharaohs from 2561-2450 BCE of the IV Dynasty in Egypt built three large and eight small pyramids. Located 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the modern city of Cairo, which the ancient Egyptians called Kher Neter - the west, this plateau filled with pyramids still dominates the Cairo skyline. The most famous monuments in Egyptian history are found right here including the Great Pyramid of Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure, Shinx and other pyramids along with their temples, causeways and passages; all laid out like a well planned city.

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