Map of the
Giza pyramid complex, located 20 km (12.5 mi) southwest of
Cairo,
Egypt. This
Ancient Egyptian necropolis consists of the
Great Pyramid, the
Pyramid of Khafre, and the
Pyramid of Menkaure, along with a number of smaller satellite edifices, known as "queens" pyramids, causeways and valley pyramids, and most noticeably the
Great Sphinx. The site has attracted visitors and tourists since
classical antiquity, when these
Old Kingdom monuments were already over 2,000 years old.