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  2. Giza pyramid complex - Wikipedia

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    The Giza pyramid complex at night. The sides of all three of the Giza pyramids were astronomically oriented to the cardinal directions within a small fraction of a degree. [17] [18] According to the disputed Orion correlation theory, the arrangement of the pyramids is a representation of the constellation Orion.

  3. Great Pyramid of Giza - Wikipedia

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    The Great Pyramid of Giza [a] is the largest Egyptian pyramid.It served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.Built c. 2600 BC, [3] over a period of about 26 years, [4] the pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only wonder that has remained largely intact.

  4. File:All Gizah Pyramids.jpg - Wikipedia

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    This image has been assessed under the valued image criteria and is considered the most valued image on Commons within the scope Egyptian Pyramids. See its nomination here . With an aspect ratio of 8:5 , 16:10 , or 16:9 , this image is suitable as a widescreen computer wallpaper (see gallery ).

  5. Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Wikipedia

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    16th-century imagined depictions of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. From left to right, top to bottom: Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria Timeline, and map of the Seven Wonders. Dates in bold ...

  6. Pyramid of Khafre - Wikipedia

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    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. It is the only pyramid out of the three that still has cladding at the top. It is the tomb of the Fourth-Dynasty Pharaoh Khafre (Chefren), who ruled c. 2558−2532 BC. [4]

  7. Egyptian pyramids - Wikipedia

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    The Giza Plateau is the location of the Pyramid of Khufu (also known as the "Great Pyramid" and the "Pyramid of Cheops"), the somewhat smaller Pyramid of Khafre (or Chephren), the relatively modest-sized Pyramid of Menkaure (or Mykerinus), along with a number of smaller satellite edifices known as "Queen's pyramids", and the Great Sphinx of ...

  8. Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/All Gizah Pyramids.jpg

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  9. List of Egyptian pyramids - Wikipedia

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    Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 2 queens pyramids. 6th Pepi I: Pyramid of Pepi I (The beauty of Pepi may endure) South Saqqara 78.75 52.5 107,835 53° 7' 48" Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 5 queens pyramids.