Giza
Monumental Origin
Gateway town: Cairo
Portrait
Khufu's pyramid held the record as the tallest structure on earth for nearly four thousand years, built around 2560 BC from 2.3 million blocks by a paid workforce that lived in a town excavated nearby. Opening hour or the last hour, then, and walk out into the desert behind the plateau for the view that removes the city — from the south-west the three pyramids align exactly as intended.
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