Great Pyramid of Giza

Believed by mainstream Egyptologists to have been constructed in approximately 20 years, the estimate accepted in the mainstream for its date of completion is c. 2560 BC. This date is loosely supported by archaeological findings which have yet to reveal a civilization older than the fourth dynasty in the area.

The Great Pyramid is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now Cairo, Egypt in Africa. It is the main part of a complex setting of buildings that included two mortuary temples in honor of Khufu , three smaller pyramids for Khufu's wives, an even smaller "satellite" pyramid, a raised causeway connecting the two temples, and small mastaba tombs surrounding the pyramid for nobles. One of the small pyramids contains the tomb of queen Hetepheres , sister and wife of Sneferu and the mother of Khufu. There was a town for the workers, including a cemetery, bakeries, a beer factory and a copper smelting complex. More buildings and complexes are being discovered by The Giza Mapping Project.

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