When you go to for Egypt Tours and to see the Giza pyramids are in Giza Plateau, west of the same name, population, about twenty miles from Cairo, Egypt. In this necropolis of ancient Egypt built the pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), also known as the Great Pyramid, the Pyramid of Khafre (Chephren) and the relatively small Pyramid of Menkaure (Menkaure), along with several smaller subsidiary pyramids, temples funerary temples of the valley with piers, roads and ditches were dug processional solar containing ceremonial vessels and carved in the rock plateau of the Great Sphinx of Giza. Associated with these monuments are numerous true masters, granted by the king to his courtiers and some monuments later in the periods relevant to the worship of ancestors. Of the three great pyramids are preserved its core, composed of blocks of limestone, but limestone cladding and polished pink granite, are only some remains because these blocks are used to build buildings in nearby Cairo. The pyramid of Khafre (Chephren) seems the highest, but because it was built on higher ground on the plateau of Giza, in fact, attached to Khufu (Cheops), greater height and volume, data transformation software tools. The Great Pyramid in ancient times was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World, and is the only one of seven that still remains.
The Great Sphinx was carved a natural limestone hill on the plateau of Giza on Tours to Egypt. It has a height of twenty meters, compared to the measurement of more than five meters. The head could represent the pharaoh Khafre, the body in the form of a lion. In ancient times it was painted in bright colors: red body and face, and Nemo to cover your head with blue and yellow stripes. The pyramid consists of three main chambers, two located in the interior of the pyramid, now known as the House of the King and Queen of the House and one in the basement chamber.
The Great Sphinx was carved a natural limestone hill on the plateau of Giza on Tours to Egypt. It has a height of twenty meters, compared to the measurement of more than five meters. The head could represent the pharaoh Khafre, the body in the form of a lion. In ancient times it was painted in bright colors: red body and face, and Nemo to cover your head with blue and yellow stripes. The pyramid consists of three main chambers, two located in the interior of the pyramid, now known as the House of the King and Queen of the House and one in the basement chamber.
