The city is mainly noted for having the iconic Giza Pyramids Complex that houses one of the Seven Wonders of the World the huge pyramid of King Khufu, the world’s oldest and largest statue of the Sphinx, and the house of mummification the valley temple.
The city’s site has seen many major events as 24 km from Cairo lays the ancient capital of Egypt Memphis under the nascent kingdom (2686-2181 BC) (2686-2181 BC) (2686-2181 BC).
Cairo is known among the indigenous as Umm al-Dunya — the mother of the world, the birthplace of civilization, and merrymakers call it a city that never sleeps.
The smallest of the famous pyramids of Giza is called Menkaure (or Mykerinos), yet it still has its character. It was...
A few miles northwest of Giza, on the high and windy hill of Abu Rawash, may be seen the remains of one of the most curious...
The Teti Pyramid is situated on a desert plateau called Saqqara, immediately south of the present-day Cairo. Smaller...
The pyramid or the pyramid of Sahure is one building that is located in Abusir just outside Cairo in the Fifth Dynasty,...