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Documentaries and FilmsIf you search, you'll find serious archaeology right next to pure invention. W…
In Games and Pop CultureThe answer to the riddle is Egypt. Then it gets more interesting: games, quote…
Pronunciation of GizaThe place is pronounced with a soft s and a long i, not with ts. Where the har…
QuizSix questions about the site, each with a reason. Included are exactly the poi…

FactsDimensions, age, construction time, accuracy: the verified figures for the Pyr…
Curious FactsOnly three objects have ever come from the interior, one of which lay in a cig…
For KidsThose searching for this are usually not kids. What can be explained at what a…

When they were builtAround 2560 BC, according to the common account. Where this date comes from, w…
How old are they?Around 4,500 years. How this age is determined, why radiocarbon dates deviate,…
Why They Were BuiltAs a tomb, yes, but that's only half the answer. What the shape means, what th…
Who Is Buried InsideNo king was ever found in any of the three pyramids. What was found instead, f…
Discovery and ExcavationThey were never discovered; they were never gone. From the gunpowder of the 18…
The HistoryEighty years of construction, four and a half thousand years since. How a cons…
The PharaohsThree kings built at Giza; three more of the same dynasty did not. Who they we…
TimelineFrom the first burials to the new visitor regulations of 2025: the key dates o…

PicturesSix views everyone knows, and the locations behind them. Why the three pyramid…
Aerial ViewsThe best ones don't come from drones but from a military flight in 1936 and fr…
Sunrise and SunsetThe gate opens after sunrise and closes before sunset. In December, you miss j…
Drawing the PyramidsAlmost every drawing makes the same mistake and uses an equilateral triangle. …
Original AppearanceNot just white and smooth. The valley temple lies beneath a modern neighborhoo…
Stone blocks up closeFrom two meters away, you see what no photo shows: fossilized sea creatures in…
At NightThe site closes before dusk. Where the night images come from, why the light i…
Pyramids and CityIn the pictures, there's desert all around, but in reality, the city begins ri…
ViewpointsFive viewpoints, five different pictures. What the panorama point shows, what …
Clipart and Free ImagesThe monument is free, but the photo isn't. Which archives give away images, wh…
3D ModelsThe two mistakes that ruin every school model, the right measurements for thre…

Alignment to the NorthThe sides of the Great Pyramid of Khufu deviate from true north by only a few …
Ancient GraffitiEven when the pyramids were a thousand years old, visitors came and left their…
Casing StonesThe pyramids were once smooth and dazzling white. Who stripped the outer skin,…
Historic PhotographsThe first photographs were taken just months after the invention of photograph…
Napoleon in EgyptA militarily failed campaign brought 150 scholars and a multi-volume work span…
Protection and SafetyFence, cameras, quotas, drone ban: Almost everything visitors experience as a …
The Dream StelaA granite block tells of a dream, a deal, and a buried Sphinx. What it says an…
Where Is the Treasure?The chambers were empty before anyone described them. What was certainly insid…

What Are the Pyramids?Royal tombs from the 26th century BC, and not three individual structures but …

The Seven WondersThe only surviving ancient wonder, which was not even up for a vote in the 200…
Why They MatterFamous and significant are two different things. What the structures prove abo…
Condition and PreservationWhat's missing, what's standing, and what really threatens the monuments today…
UNESCO World HeritageProtected since 1979, but not as a single site: what is actually inscribed, ac…

The Orion TheoryThree pyramids, three belt stars, one famous theory. What can be verified, whe…
New DiscoveriesThree levels separate fact from rumor: published, announced, retracted. What w…
Puzzles and SecretsBetween genuine research questions and marketed mysticism lies a boundary. Whi…
Alternative theoriesWho claims what, and what can be verified? From a 1949 patent to the names app…
In the Bible and the QuranThe short answer is no. More interesting is why almost everyone assumes the op…