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The so-called Pyramids of Egypt, known as the pyramids of Giza , located on the plateau of Giza , on the left bank of the Nile River , near the city of Cairo in Egypt . São as únicas remanescentes das Sete maravilhas do mundo antigo . They are the only remnants of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world

They consist of monumental structures built in stone and, as the name also implies, have a rectangular base and four-sided triangular (sometimes trapezoidal , the oldest Egyptian pyramids, known as mastabas ) that converge to a vertex . No total foram identificadas cerca de 80 pirâmides em todo o país, embora a sua maior parte esteja reduzida a montículos de terra. In total we identified about 80 pyramids around the country, although most of it is reduced to mounds of earth.

The pyramids on the Giza Plateau were built by Pharaohs Khufu , Khafre and Menkaure about 2700 BC , since the beginning of the Old Kingdom until near the Ptolemaic Period . A época em que atingiram o seu apogeu iniciou-se com a III Dinastia e terminou na VI Dinastia (2686 - 2345 aC). The season in which reached its apogee started with the III Dynasty and ended in the VI Dynasty (2686 - 2345 BC). Primitivamente não se constituíam em estruturas isoladas, mas sim integradas num complexo arquitectônico de vastas dimensões. Originally formed in structures are not isolated but integrated into a complex architectural setting of vast dimensions.