Around Egypt Trips

Ancient Wonders: Great Pyramid And Sphinx and More in Giza

Ancient Wonders: Great Pyramid And Sphinx and More in Giza Sprawled across a calcareous tableland which is surrounded by use l ong chain of Libyan mountain ranges and rimmed to the north and south by two wadis is Giza, 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) south-west of Cairo. Although it is associated with the grandeur and tradition of the Fourth Dynasty, recent archaeological excavations south of the pyramids here have uncovered remains of a settlement with tombs

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