Ancient Egyptian sacred sites in Giza, Egypt

Bent Pyramid

Dahshur, Giza, Egypt

The Bent Pyramid rises from the desert at Dahshur with a silhouette like no other: steep at the base, then abruptly shallower at the 47-meter mark....

Giza Necropolis

Giza, Giza, Egypt

The Giza Necropolis is the only surviving Wonder of the Ancient World. Three pyramids rise from the desert plateau—grandfather, father, grandson—each an attempt to defeat...

Great Pyramid of Giza

Inside Giza Necropolis

Giza, Giza, Egypt

The Great Pyramid rises from the Giza Plateau like a geometric mountain, its proportions so precise that modern engineers struggle to explain how 4,500-year-old technology...

King's Chamber

Inside Great Pyramid of Giza

Giza, Giza, Egypt

The King's Chamber sits at the geometric center of the Great Pyramid, a granite room built 4,600 years ago to endure eternity....

Pyramid of Djoser

Saqqara, Giza, Egypt

Before Giza, before the true pyramids, there was this: six limestone tiers rising from the desert at Saqqara, humanity's first monumental stone building....

Pyramid of Khafre

Giza, Giza, Egypt

The Pyramid of Khafre appears to be the tallest at Giza, though it is not. Built on bedrock ten meters higher than his father Khufu's monument, Khafre's pyramid creates an...

Pyramid of Menkaure

Giza, Giza, Egypt

The Pyramid of Menkaure completes what three generations of pyramid builders began at Giza....

Red Pyramid

Dahshur, Giza, Egypt

The Red Pyramid stands as proof of mastery achieved. After the collapsed pyramid at Meidum and the necessary angle change at the Bent Pyramid, Sneferu's engineers finally...

Serapeum of Saqqara

Abu Sir, Giza, Egypt

Descend into the earth at Saqqara and enter the burial halls of the Apis bulls—living gods who walked the streets of Memphis as incarnations of Ptah the creator....

Sun Temple of Niuserre, Abu Girab

Abu Sir, Giza, Egypt

The Sun Temple of Niuserre at Abu Ghurob is one of only two surviving Fifth Dynasty sun temples, out of at least six that once existed....

The Great Sphinx

Part of Giza Necropolis

Giza, Giza, Egypt

At the edge of the Western Desert, where the living world meets the vast necropolis of ancient kings, a limestone creature emerges from the bedrock itself....

Valley Temple of Khafre

Part of Giza Necropolis

Giza, Giza, Egypt

The Valley Temple of Khafre is Egypt's best-preserved Old Kingdom temple, where priests once transformed the dead pharaoh into a divine being....