Giza Plateau

Giza is the third-largest city in Egypt by area and sixteenth-largest city in Africa by population. It is the capital of Giza Governorate with a total population of 4,458,135 as of 2023. It is located on the west bank of the Nile opposite central Cairo, and is a part of the Greater Cairo metropolis. Giza lies less than north of Memphis (Men-nefer, today the village of Mit Rahina), which was the capital city of the unified Egyptian state during the reign of pharaoh Narmer, roughly 3100 BC.

archaeological site on the Giza Plateau, Egypt

museum in the city of al-Giza, Egypt

Hemiunu, sometimes referred to as Hemon, (fl. 2570 BC) was an ancient Egyptian prince who is believed to have been the architect of the Great Pyramid of Giza. As vizier, succeeding his father, Nefermaat, and his uncle, Kanefer, and the pharaoh's chosen seal-bearer, Hemiunu occupied a position of power second only to the monarch himself, overseeing all royal works by Khufu's decree. His tomb lies in the Giza West Field, adjacent to the Great Pyramid itself.

site of the largest known collection of pyramids, in Egypt

building in Egypt

building in Egypt

building in Egypt

smooth-sided pyramid

ancient Egyptian vizier

ex-museum of the Khufu ship

cemetery in Egypt

ancient Egyptian shaft tomb at Giza

early Sixth Dynasty tomb in Giza Necropolis, Egypt