The Great Pyramid of Khufu (or Cheops as the pharaoh was called by the Greeks) was built at Giza around 2560 B.C, taking about twenty years to complete. It was to serve as the final resting place of the sarcophagus of Pharaoh Khufu. Archaeologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie investigated the Great Pyramid in 1880. The great sphinx is located at Giza, as well. The Great Pyramid at Giza was one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world, and is the only one of the 7 wonders still visible today.
The pyramids were built during the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
Besides the Great Pyramid of Khufu are two smaller ones for pharaohs Khafre (Chephren) and Menkaure (Mykerinos), taken together, the Great Pyramids. There are also lesser pyramids, temples, and the Great Sphinx in the vicinity.
