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Pyramids of Giza (ancient site) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 29 58 33 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 29.9761 decimal degrees |
Long: 031 07 55 E degrees minutes |
Long: 31.1328 decimal degrees |
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Note: Complex of three pyramids from the 4th dynasty (ca. 2613-ca. 2494), built on a rocky plateau near al-Jīzah (Giza); one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; built by kings Khufu (Cheops), Khafre (Chephren) & Menkaure (Mycerinus). |
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Ahrāmāt al Jīzah (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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Ahrāmāt al-Jīzah (C,V,display)
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Al Jizah, Ahramat al (C,V)
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Jīzah, Ahrāmāt al (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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Jīzah, Ahrāmāt al- (C,V)
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Giza Pyramids (C,V)
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Pyramids of Giza (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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Giza, Pyramids of (C,V)
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Giza Necropolis (C,V)
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Gizeh, Pyramids of (C,V)
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Pyramids of Gizeh (C,V)
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Giza Plateau (C,O)
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Maţrūḩ (governorate) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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ancient site (preferred, C) |
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archaeological sites (C) |
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ruins (C) |
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construction begun 3rd millennium BCE |
necropolis (C) |
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inhabited place (H) |
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was inhabited for ca. 350 years, during construction of pyramids |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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Giza Necropolis.......... |
[VP] |
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Pleiades (2006-) accessed 4 March 2020 |
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