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The Pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three main Pyramids of Giza. It is located on the Giza Plateau in the southwestern outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Scientists say that it was built for the tomb of the Fourth Dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Menkaure. In the inside, Menkaure's pyramid chambers are more complex than those of Khafre. There is also a chamber carved with decorative panels and another chamber with six large niches. Menkaure's mortuary and valley temples were not completed before his death and when scientists excavated, it revealed a series of statues of the king.
Constructed
c. 2510 BC (4th dynasty)
Height
65 metres (213 ft) or 125 cubits (original)
Material
Limestone, core; red granite, and white limestone.
The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza. It borders present-day Giza in Greater Cairo, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. Egyptologists believe that the pyramid was built as a tomb for the Fourth Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Khufu over a 20-year period.
Constructed
c. 2580–2560 BC (4th dynasty)
Height
146.7 metres (481 ft) or 280 Egyptian Royal cubits (originally)
138.8 metres (455 ft) (contemporary)
Material
The Pyramid of Khafre or of Chephren is the second-tallest and second-largest of the 3 Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza and the tomb of the Fourth-Dynasty pharaoh Khafre, who ruled c. 2558−2532 BC
an entrance hall, an open court, five statue niches, magazines, and a sanctuary This temple had such an expansion on any previous Mortuary temple, including that of Khufu, that it is believed that there must have been some religious change in emphasis in the royal mortuary cult.
Constructed
c. 2570 BC (4th dynasty)
Type
Height
136.4 metres (448 ft)
143.5 m or 471 ft or 274 cu
Material
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