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Pyramids of Giza Tamzen Quigley

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Pyramids of Giza. Tamzen Quigley. Giza Necropolis. Giza Necropolis. Just outside Cairo 6 Pyramids in total 3 of the Pyramids are known as the Great Pyramids. One of the 7 wonders of the world The biggest one was finished being built around 2560 BC. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Pyramids of GizaTamzen Quigley

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Giza Necropolis

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Giza Necropolis• Just outside Cairo• 6 Pyramids in total• 3 of the Pyramids are known as the Great

Pyramids.• One of the 7 wonders of the world• The biggest one was finished being built

around 2560 BC.• The biggest one is the Pyramid of Khufu,

138.8 metres high

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Khufu (Biggest Great Pyramid)

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Great Sphinx• The Giza Necropolis also has the Great

Sphinx.• The sphinx is a statue with a lions body and

human head• 73.5 metres long• 19.3 metres wide• 20.22 metres high• Built between 2558 and 2532 BC.

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Great Sphinx

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Great Sphinx• The nose may have been blown off by a

cannonball fired by Napoleon’s army.