- Egyptian pyramids - Wikipedia
Major pyramids located here include the Pyramid of Djoser —generally identified as the world's oldest substantial monumental structure to be built of dressed stone—the Pyramid of Userkaf, the Pyramid of Teti and the Pyramid of Merikare, dating to the First Intermediate Period of Egypt
- Egyptian Pyramids - Facts, Use Construction | HISTORY
Built during a time when Egypt was one of the richest and most powerful civilizations in the world, the pyramids—especially the Great Pyramids of Giza—are some of the most magnificent man-made
- Second ‘hidden city’ detected under Giza pyramids, researchers claim
Jerusalem Post Archaeology Second ‘hidden city’ detected under Giza pyramids, researchers claim Italian–Scottish radar team says shafts beneath Menkaure mirror those found 2,000 ft below
- What are the Pyramids of Giza—and who built them?
The Giza Pyramids, built to endure an eternity, have done just that The monumental tombs are relics of Egypt's Old Kingdom era and were constructed some 4,500 years ago
- The Egyptian Pyramid - Smithsonian Institution
The pyramids of Egypt fascinated travellers and conquerors in ancient times and continue to inspire wonder in the tourists, mathematicians, and archeologists who visit, explore, measure, and describe them
- The Great Pyramids of Giza - Smarthistory
The last remaining of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, the great pyramids of Giza, are perhaps the most famous and discussed structures in history
- Giza, Mexico, Architecture, History, Construction - Britannica
pyramid, in architecture, a monumental structure constructed of or faced with stone or brick and having a rectangular base and four sloping triangular (or sometimes trapezoidal) sides meeting at an apex (or truncated to form a platform)
- Pyramids - National Geographic Society
The area around the ancient capital city of Memphis, Egypt, located just south of modern-day Cairo along the Nile River, contains dozens of pyramids built as burial chambers for kings during the third and fourth dynasties
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