The Giza Pyramid Complex (Arabic: مجمع رامات الجيزة), also known as the Giza Cemetery, is the site on the Giza Plateau ina

Greater Cairo, Egypt that includes the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre and the Pyramid of Menkaur. With

their associated pyramidal complexes and the Great Sphinx of Giza. All were built between 2600 and 2500 BC during the

Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. The site also includes several cemeteries and the remains of a

workers' village.The site is on the edge of the Western Desert, approximately 9 kilometers (5.6 mi) west of the Nile

in the city of Giza and about 13 kilometers (8 mi) south-west of Cairo city centre. Along with nearby Memphis, the site was

inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979.The Great Pyramid and the Pyramid of Khafre are the largest

pyramids built in ancient Egypt, and they have historically been common in the Western imagination as symbols of

ancient Egypt. They were popular in Hellenistic times, when the Great Pyramid was cataloged by Antipater of Sidon. As

one of the seven wonders of the world. It is the oldest of the ancient wonders ever discovered and is still in existence.