The Pyramids - Giza, Egypt
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There are more than 130 Pyramids in Egypt and the most famous ones are the three Pyramids of Giza. These fascinating buildings are among the most ancient Satellite Imagery Oddities.
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Location: Egypt
Date Posted: 11/30/2012
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Giza is most famous as the location of the Giza Plateau: the site of some of the most impressive ancient monuments in the world, including a complex of ancient Egyptian royal mortuary and sacred structures, including the Great Sphinx, the Great Pyramid of Giza also known as the Pyramid of Cheops, the Pyramid of Kephren and the Pyramid of Mykerinus.
The Pyramid of Kephren appears larger than the adjacent Cheops pyramid by virtue of its more elevated location, and the steeper angle of inclination of its construction – it is, in fact, smaller in both height and volume.
The Giza Necropolis has been a popular tourist destination since antiquity, and was popularized in Hellenistic times when the Great Pyramid was listed by Antipater of Sidon as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Today it is the only one of those wonders still in existence.
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