Skyscrapers

Since the beginning of time mankind felt the need to build something that they would consider

impossible. Among the first civilizations that managed to stand up colossal buildings we found: the

Egyptians, the Aztecs and the Mayas but traces of pyramids were found even in Europe, more exactly in

France.

The number of pyramid structures in Egypt today is reported by most sources as being between 80 and

110, with a majority favoring the higher number. In 1842 Karl Lepsius made a list of pyramids, in which

he counted 67, although more have been identified and discovered since his time. The imprecise nature of

the count is related to the fact that as many smaller pyramids are in a poor state of preservation and

appear as little more than mounds of rubble, they are only now being properly identified and studied by

archaeologists. Most are grouped in a number of pyramid fields, the most important of which are listed

geographically, from north to south, below.

Giza, on the southern outskirts of Cairo is the location of the Pyramid of Khufu (also known as the

"Great Pyramid" and the "Pyramid of Cheops"), the somewhat smaller Pyramid of Khafre (or Kephren),

and the relatively modest-sized Pyramid of Menkaure (or Mykerinus), along with a number of smaller

satellite edifices, known as lens pyramids, and the Great Sphinx.

The Giza Necropolis has arguably been the world's most popular tourist destination since antiquity,

and was popularized in Hellenistic times when the Great Pyramid was listed by Antipater of Sidon as one

of the Seven Wonders of the World.

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and the largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now Cairo, Egypt in Africa.

The oldest and only remaining member of the Seven Wonders of the World, it is believed to have been constructed over a 20 year period concluding around 2560 BC.

The Great Pyramid was built as a tomb for Fourth dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Khufu (Hellenized as ????, Cheops).