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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Sand
- Description: Part of the archaeological site on the Giza plateau, near Cairo, Egypt, including the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes and the Great Sphinx of Giza
- Address: Giza
Notable Places in the Area
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
The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest Egyptian pyramid and served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Pyramid of Kheops is situated 1¼ km northeast of Giza Pyramids.Khafra
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Khafra is situated 800 metres northeast of Giza Pyramids.
Localities in the Area
Kerdasa
Kerdasa is a markaz in Giza Governorate nearby Giza Plateau, Egypt. Kerdasa is situated 7 km north of Giza Pyramids.Abu Rawash
Photo: AhlyMan, Public domain.
30°01′55″N 31°04′30″E / 30.03194°N 31.07500°E The ruined Pyramid of Djedefre sits atop the… Abu Rawash is situated 8 km northwest of Giza Pyramids.
Giza
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this. Imagine Ancient Egypt and this is where your mind will land.
Giza Pyramids
- Categories: archaeological site, historic site and landform
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
Q13217298Giza Pyramids Satellite Map
© OpenStreetMap, Mapbox and Maxar
Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Tizumag n Ǧiza
- Afrikaans: Dodeakker van Giza
- Albanian: Piramidat e Gizës
- Amharic: ጊዛ ሜዳ
- Arabic: Necropolis han Giza
- Arabic: أهرامات الجيزة
- Arabic: أهرام الجيزة
- Arabic: جبانة أهرامات الجيزة
- Aragonese: Necropoli de Chiza
- Asturian: Necrópolis de Guiza
- Bashkir: Гиза некрополе
- Basque: Gizako nekropolia
- Belarusian: Некропаль Гізы
- Belarusian: Нэкропаль Гізы
- Belarusian: Нэкропаль у Гізе
- Bengali: গিজা পিরামিড চত্বর
- Bosnian: Nekropola u Gizi
- Breton: Nekropol Gizah
- Bulgarian: Некропол в Гиза
- Burmese: ဂိုင်ဇာဂူသင်္ချိုင်း
- Burmese: ဂီဇာဂူသင်္ချိုင်း
- Catalan: Necròpolis de Gizeh
- Catalan: Necròpolis de Guiza
- Chinese: 吉萨的墓地
- Chinese: 吉薩金字塔群
- Chinese: 孟菲斯及其墓地金字塔
- Cornish: Ynkleudhva Giza
- Crimean Tatar: Gize ehramları
- Croatian: Nekropola u Gizi
- Czech: Gízská nekropole
- Danish: Giza Nekropolis
- Dotyali: गिजाको पिरामिड परिसर
- Dutch: Necropolis van Gizeh
- Egyptian Arabic: جبانه الجيزه
- Egyptian Arabic: جبانه اهرام الجيزه
- English: Giza Necropolis
- Esperanto: Nekropolo de Gizo
- Finnish: Gizan nekropoli
- French: Nécropole de Gizeh
- French: nécropole de Gizeh
- Galician: Necrópole de Gizeh
- Galician: Pirámides de Gizeh
- Georgian: გიზის ნეკროპოლისი
- German: Nekropole von Gizeh
- Greek: Νεκρόπολη της Γκίζα
- Greek: Νεκρόπολη της Γκίζας
- Hausa: Giza Necropolis
- Hebrew: הנקרופוליס בגיזה
- Hebrew: הפירמידות בגיזה
- Hebrew: קהיר/גיזה
- Hindi: गीज़ा क़ब्रिस्तान
- Hungarian: Gízai piramisok
- Indonesian: Nekropolis Giza
- Interlingua: Necropole de Giza
- Italian: necropoli di Giza
- Japanese: メンフィスとその墓地遺跡
- Javanese: Piramidha Giza
- Kabyle: Tizumag n Ǧiza
- Kazakh: Гиза некрополі
- Korean: 기자 네크로폴리스
- Latin: Necropolis Gizensis
- Latvian: Gīzas nekropole
- Lithuanian: Gizos nekropolis
- Malayalam: ഗിസ നെക്രൊപൊളിസ്
- Nepali: गिजा कब्रिस्तान
- Nepali: गिजाको पिरामिड परिसर
- Norwegian: Giza nekropolis
- Norwegian Bokmål: Giza nekropolis
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Giza nekropolis
- Occitan (post 1500): Necropòli de Giza
- Panjabi: ਗੀਜ਼ਾ ਨੈਕਰੋਪੋਲਿਸ
- Papiamento: Nekropolis di Giza
- Persian: اهرام جیزه
- Polish: Giza
- Polish: Nekropolia w Giza
- Portuguese: Necrópole de Gizé
- Portuguese: pirâmides de Gizé
- Romanian: Necropola Giza
- Russian: Некрополь Гизы
- Scots: Giza pyramid complex
- Serbian: Некропола у Гизи
- Serbo-Croatian: Nekropola u Gizi
- Slovak: Nekropola pri Gíze
- Slovenian: Nekropola v Gizi
- Slovenian: giška nekropola
- Slovenian: nekropola v Gizi
- Spanish: Necrópolis de Guiza
- Spanish: Necrópolis de Guiza o Gizeh
- Spanish: necropolis de Giza
- Spanish: necropolis de Guiza
- Spanish: necrópolis de Giza
- Swahili: Piramidi za Giza
- Swedish: Gizaplatån
- Swiss German: Nekropole von Gizeh
- Tagalog: Nekropolis ng Giza
- Tamil: கீசா நெக்ரோபொலிசு
- Tatar: Гиза Некрополе
- Thai: กลุ่มพีระมิดแห่งกีซา
- Thai: เมมฟิสและสุสานโบราณ
- Tosk Albanian: Nekropole von Gizeh
- Turkish: Gize Nekropolü
- Ukrainian: Некрополь Ґізи
- Vietnamese: Khu lăng mộ Giza
- Waray (Philippines): Necropolis han Giza
- Welsh: Necropolis Giza
- Wu Chinese: 孟菲斯搭渠墓地金字塔
- Yiddish: נעקראפאל פון גיזע
- Yue Chinese: 吉薩金字塔群
- Necropoli di Giza
- Некрополь Гізи
Other Places Named Giza Pyramids
Landmarks in the Area
- Pyramid alignment viewpointScenic viewpoint, 260 metres southeast
- Funerary Temple450 metres northeast
- Panorama point II.Scenic viewpoint, 550 metres southeast
Places in the Area
- Queen's Pyramid, G III-CTomb, 240 metres northeast
- Queen's Pyramid, G III-BTomb, 280 metres east
- Queen's Pyramid, G III-ATomb, 330 metres east
- 9 Pyramids LoungeRestaurant, 740 metres southeast
- Laduree ParisCoffeehouse, 1 km north
Popular Destinations in Egypt
Escape to a Random Place
About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Giza Pyramids. Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.