Pyramids of Giza
Ancient site
The only wonder of the ancient world that is still standing.
The three great pyramids of Giza were built about 4,500 years ago as tombs for the pharaohs Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure. They stand on the edge of the desert, just outside Cairo.
The largest, the Great Pyramid, was once 146 metres high and is made of about 2.3 million blocks of stone. For almost four thousand years nothing people built was taller.
- years old
- 4,500
- blocks of stone
- 2.3 million
- high when it was new
- 146 m
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The Great Sphinx, a lion with a human head, lies on guard beside the pyramids.
- 2
The sides of the Great Pyramid point almost exactly north, south, east and west.
- 3
The pyramids were once covered in smooth white limestone that shone in the sun.
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