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About Giza
The city of Giza (or al-Giza) represents a district, located in the Western part of the Egyptian capital, the city of Cairo, which is popular all over the world due to the most recognizable sightseeing not only in the whole country but in the whole world. Besides that, this is probably the only one district in the whole Egypt, which is so much crowded with the foreign travelers.
The visit card of Egypt is represented by the famous three Pyramids of Cheops, Khafre and Mykerinos. Nowadays everyone knows about these significant historical monuments, but many centuries ago they were considered one of the seven world s wonders. The Pyramid of Cheops is considered the highest one with the height of about 146, 6 meters. The Pyramid of Khafre was built 40 years later after it and it s much smaller that the Pyramid of Cheops with the height of only about 136 meters.
Besides that, the complex of Giza includes numerous temples, roads and other small pyramids. And of, course there is also resting the world-wide known Sphinx monument, representing the huge lion with the human s head, which is 73 meters long and about 20 meters high.