Pyramids at Giza

The Great Pyramid at Giza or the Great Pyramid of Khufu (or Cheops as the pharaoh was called by the Greeks) was one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world, and is the only one of the 7 wonders still visible today. In photographs, the Pyramid of Cheops usually appears the tallest of the three pyramids at Giza and is the furthest north and east. It was built around 2560 B.C, taking about twenty years to complete, as the final resting place of the sarcophagus of Pharaoh Khufu. Archaeologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie investigated the Great Pyramid in 1880. More on the Giza Pyramids and How Tall Was the Great Pyramid?.