Giza Plateau

Khufu | Khafre | Menkaure


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Status: Open to the public: 9:00am - 5:00pm. LE60 to enter the plateau.
Photo: Satellite photograph of Giza


Pyramid of Khufu

Khufu Pyramid
Khufu's Pyramid

Name of Pyramid:
'Akhet Khufu'
Akhet of Khufu’

Period: 4th Dynasty

Base: 230.33 metres
Height: 146.59 metres
Volume: 2 583 283 cubic metres
Slope: 51 deg 50′ 40″

Status: Open to the public: 9:00am - 5:00pm. LE100 to enter (students: LE50). Only 100 tickets are sold each day. Tickets on sale at 8:00am & 1:00pm.
Khufu’s Solar-Boat museum: LE50 to enter (students: LE25).

Video: Inside the pyramid
Tags: giza, khufu

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Pyramid of Khafre

Khafre pyramid
Khafre's Pyramid

Name of Pyramid:

‘Great is Khafre’

Period: 4th Dynasty

Base: 215 metres
Height: 143.5 metres
Volume: 2 211 096 cubic metres
Slope: 53 deg 10′

Status: Open to the public: 9:00am - 5:00pm. LE30 entry (students: LE15). Tickets on sale at 8:00am & 1:00pm.

Video: Pyramids of Egypt from within
Tags: giza, khafre

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Pyramid of Menkaure

Menkaure Pyramid
Menkaure's Pyramid

Name of Pyramid:

‘Menkaure is Divine’

Period: 4th Dynasty

Base: 102.2x 104.6 metres
Height: 65 metres
Volume: 235 183 cubic metres
Slope: 51 deg 20′ 25″

Status: Open to the public: 9:00am - 5:00pm. LE25 entry. Tickets on sale at 8:00am & 1:00pm.

Tags: giza, menkaure