The monuments
The three pyramids, the Sphinx, the interiors, and the measurements you really need.
37 Pages
GetYourGuide
★ 4.8(1,682 Reviews)Pyramids, Sphinx, and museum with female tour guide
- Plateau entry
- English-speaking guide
- Hotel pickup
- Lunch
from 52 €
View itinerary and available dates Construction and technology8
- How They Were BuiltQuarries, sledges, a vanished Nile branch, and a work log from the constructio…
- Who built themNot slaves, but named crews. Who ordered the construction, who led it, how the…
- The Construction TimeAround twenty years, according to the usual figure. Where it comes from, why i…
- The Building MaterialLimestone, granite, basalt, and half a million tons of mortar. Find out what t…
- Construction GraphicsConstruction drawings, cross-sections, and 3D models of the Pyramids of Giza. …
- The workers' settlementTens of thousands, not hundreds of thousands. What the excavation of the worke…
- Were they slaves?The pyramids of Giza stood for around 1,300 years before Israel first appears …
- Still buildable today?Six meters high, fewer than 200 blocks, three weeks of work, and at the end a …
The interiors5
- InsideNarrow passages, bare stone, not a single wall painting. What's inside the thr…
- Can You Go Inside?Yes, all three are open to visitors. However, the site ticket is not enough; e…
- What Lies BeneathThree rock-cut burial chambers, a three-story shaft with water, thousands of b…
- Images from InsideBare granite, little light, no tripod. Why photos from inside the pyramid almo…
- Underground city?Five structures, eight shafts, 648 meters deep. What was claimed in March 2025…
Measurements and figures7
- How Tall Are They?Once 146.6 meters, now less. Why there are two numbers, why the middle pyramid…
- How many are there?Three large ones, but ten in total. Why the number depends on what counts as a…
- The three comparedThe largest is the northeastern one, even though the middle one appears taller…
- Size and Dimensions146.6 meters high, 230.3 meters per side, 5.3 hectares of base area. All dimen…
- The NamesCheops, Chephren, and Mykerinos are Greek names. The structures themselves had…
- Size ComparisonThe tallest pyramid in the world is in Giza, but the largest is not. Cholula, …
- How many sides?Four, like any pyramid. From the air and in flat sunlight, it's eight, because…
The monuments17
- The Great Sphinx73 meters long, hewn from a single block of stone, once painted red. Who creat…
- Pyramid of KhufuDimensions, construction history, interiors, and visiting: the complete overvi…
- The Giza PlateauTwo kilometers by one and a half, over 6,000 tombs, three pyramids, and a sphi…
- Origins of the SphinxThe Sphinx was not built but carved out. How that worked, why the body is crum…
- Images of the SphinxFrom which spot which view is possible, when the light is right, why the pyram…
- The Pyramid ComplexA pyramid was never a standalone building, but the end of a chain of five comp…
- Hidden ChambersTwo voids are confirmed, one of which has been seen via endoscope. What has be…
- Facts about the Sphinx20.22 m high and 73.5 m long, carved from a single rock: the verified facts ab…
- Pyramid of KhafreIt looks taller than its neighbor, but it isn't. Why the Pyramid of Khafre kep…
- Pyramid of MenkaureThe smallest of the three shows the most: unfinished granite, a medieval demol…
- The King's ChamberNo body, no grave goods, no inscription. What really stood in the King's Chamb…
- The Great GalleryNine meters high, 47 meters long, and completely unadorned: Why the most impre…
- A Second Sphinx?Presented in June 2026, the underlying work was retracted in August 2026. What…
- Original ColorRed face, colored body, cobra on the forehead. What is documented about the Sp…
- The Rock ChamberThirty meters below the Great Pyramid of Khufu lies an unfinished chamber in t…
- The Nose of the SphinxIt wasn't Napoleon; by 1737 the nose was already gone. What the chisel marks r…
- Queen's PyramidsSix small pyramids stand beside the great ones, and almost no one looks at the…