Giza (Arabic, الجيزة, transliterated al-ǧīzah; pronounced in the Egyptian Arabic dialect of Cairo al-Gīza; also sometimes rendered in English as Gizeh, Ghizeh, or Geezeh) is a town in Egypt on the west bank of the Nile river, some 20 km southwest of central Cairo and now part of the greater Cairo metropolis. It is the capital of the Al Jizah governorate, and is located in the nort ...

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Access to the city of Giza, which has its own Governate adjacent to the governate of Cairo, is dependant on Cairo International Airport, since no official International Airport has been built in Giza yet. Upon reaching Cairo, most tourists use official tours to visit the pyramids where they are accompanied by an official tour guide. Giza is still accessible by the Cairo Metro system or by taxi, though these methods ten ...

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The Great Pyramid of Giza (29°58′41″N, 31°07′53″E) is the oldest and last remaining of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is generally believed the Great Pyramid was built as the tomb of Fourth dynasty Egyptian king Khufu (also known under his Greek name Cheops and believed to have reigned from 2606-2583 BC), after whom it is sometimes called Khufu's Pyramid or the Pyramid of Khufu. Traditionally, the architect of the ...

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There is a prophetic timeline encoded within the measurements of the Great Pyramid of Giza, which is derived from its geometrical features. When retro-viewed, the dates indicated by this timeline and geometry appear to correlate with significant historical events.

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A Sphinx is an iconic image of a recumbent lion with a human head, invented by the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom, but a cultural import in archaic Greek mythology, where it received its name (Greek Σφινξ, "strangler"). The best known is the Great Sphinx of Giza. Sphinx - Egyptian sphinx. The Egyptian sphinx is an ancient iconic mythical creature usually comprised of a recumbent lion – an animal with sacred solar associations – with a human head, usually that of a pharaoh. Main ...

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For at least ten thousand years, the Nile valley has been the site of one of the most influential civilizations in the world. Even today, its architectural monuments, which include Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx, are among the largest and most famous buildings in the world. Ancient Egyptian architecture - Characteristics. Due to the scarcity of wood, the two predominant building materials used in ancient Egypt were unbaked mud brick and stone. From the Old Kingdom onward, stone was generally reserved for tombs ...

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Al Jizah (Arabic: الجيزة) is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is in the center of the country. Its capital is Giza. Other related archivesArabic, Egypt, Giza, governorates

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The Egyptian town of Zawiyet el-Aryan is located between between Giza and Abusir. To the west of the town, just in the desert area, is a necropolis, referred to by the same name. Here there are 2 pyramid complexes. Unusually there are just these 2 complexes, and little else. The pyramid complexes are the Layer Pyramid, and another ruined structure, called the Northern Pyramid. This second complex has not been extensively explored or excavated. Other related archivesAbusir, Egypt

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Khaba was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom. He is generally considered to have reigned near the end of the Third Dynasty, and is thought to be the successor to Sekhemkhet. He is believed to have reigned a relatively brief four years between 2603 BC to 2599 BC, although these dates are highly conjectural, based on what scant evidence exists of this early king. He is commonly associated with the Layer Pyramid, located at Zawyet el'Aryan, about 4 km south of Giza. It is an unfinished pyramid whose construction is typi ...

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Pyramidology is a term used to refer to various pseudoscientific speculations regarding pyramids, which are alternative and run counter to the theories and evidence of archaeology, history, astronomy, and other fields of rigorous scientific enquiry. Most of these speculations deal in particular with the Egyptian pyramids, especially the Pyramid of Khufu at Giza. However, "pyramidologists" also concern themselves with the monumental structures of pre-Columbian America (such as such as Teotihuacan the Mesoamerican Maya civilization, and the Inca of the South ...

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El Waha el Bahariya (Arabic: الواحة البحرية), (meaning the sea-oasis) is an oasis in Egypt. It is the closest oasis to Cairo and the least technologically advanced. It is in Giza Province. It has an art museum. The main products are guavas, mangos, dates, and olives. It consists of one village, Bawiti. Actually, Bahariya consists of many villages. Bawiti is the main village, and is the administrative center for the oasis. Al-Qasr is Bawiti's neighboring/twin village. To the east, about 10 kilometers away from Bawit ...

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Dr. Zahi Hawass (Arabic: زاهى حواس ) (born Damietta, Egypt, on 28 May 1947) is one of the world's foremost Egyptologists and, in recent years, has gained international renown in non-archaeological circles through his frequent appearances in television documentaries pertaining to early Egyptian civilization. He is currently the Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities; prior to that, he was the Director of the Giza Plateau and has also worked at archaeological sites in the Nile Del ...

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The Seven Wonders of the World (or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) is a widely-known list of seven remarkable constructions of classical antiquity. The earliest known version of the list was compiled in the 2nd century BC by Antipater of Sidon; it appears to be based on the guide-books popular among Hellenic sight-seers and only includes works located around the Mediterranean rim. Listed in order of their construction, the seven wonders are— the Great Pyramid of Giza the Hanging Gardens of ...

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St. Abraam (1829-1914 A.D.), the Departed Bishop of Fayoum and Giza, Egypt, and "Friend of the Poor", is a well-known modern-day Coptic Orthodox saint. Abraam Bishop of Fayoum - Biography. The child Paul (Boulos) Gabriel was born in 1545 A.M. (1829 A.D.) in Calad, a village in Upper Egypt. His parents were righteous and loved God. They sent him to the Church School. His teacher Raphael took care of him, taught him reading, writing, arithmetic, the Holy Scriptures and psalms, ecclesiastic hymns and ps ...

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(27th century BC - 26th century BC - 25th century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) 26th century BC - Events. 2900 - 2334 BC – Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period. 2580 BC – Estimated date of completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza. 2500 BC – The legendary line of Sanhuangwudi rulers of China is founded by Huang Di (approximate date). 4000 BC – approximate beginning of New Stone Age (Neo ...

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Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942) was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology. The grandson of Captain Matthew Flinders, explorer of the coasts of Australia, Petrie was born in Charlton, England. He was educated at home by his parents. Petrie's father, a surveyor, taught his son how to survey accurately, so laying the foundation for his career. After surveying British prehistoric monuments, including Stonehenge, Petrie travelled to Egypt in 1880 to s ...

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Khafra or Khafre (Greek Chephren) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Fourth dynasty, with his capital at Memphis. According to some authors he was the brother and successor of Khufu, but it is more commonly accepted that Djedefra was Khufu's successor and Khafra was Djedefra's. There is no agreement on the date of his reign; some authors say it was between 2558 BC and 2532 BC; this dynasty is commonly dated ca. 2650 BC–2480 BC. While the Turin King List figure for his reign as lost in a lacunae, and Manetho's exagge ...

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To help compare orders of magnitude of different areas, we list here areas between 1 hectare (10,000 m²) and 10 hectares (0.1 km²). Areas smaller than 1 hectare 1 hectare is equal to: 100 ares 10,000 m² 108,000 square feet 2.5 acres 2.68 hectares -- area of the RMS Queen Mary 2's passenger decks 3.2 hectares -- Palace of Westminster 3.76 hectares -- Castelmoron-d'Albret, the smallest commune of France 4 hectares -- Fort Severn, the fi ...

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The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to the most extensive collection of pharaonic antiquities in the world. It has 136,000 items on display, with many more hundreds of thousands in its basement storerooms. The museum is an outgrowth of the Egyptian Antiquities Service, established by the Egyptian government in 1835, in an attempt to limit the looting of antiquities sites and artefacts. Its museum opened in 1858 with a collection assembled by Auguste Mariette ...

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