English: AWIB-ISAW: The Pyramids at Giza (II)

The three main pyramids of the Giza necropolis belonging the Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. These Fourth Dynasty pharaohs ruled over Egypt during the Old Kingdom and built these immense pyramid complexes to take them into the afterlife. This photograph only shows the pyramids of Khafre, Menkaure, and the satellite pyramids for Menkaure's queens. by Iris Fernandez (2009) copyright: 2009 Iris Fernandez (used with permission) photographed place: (Giza) [pleiades.stoa.org/places/442962448/]

Published by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World as part of the Ancient World Image Bank (AWIB). Further information: [www.nyu.edu/isaw/awib.htm].