Much of the stonework in the Giza Pyramids came from a quarry barely half a mile to the south of the Great Pyramid of Khufu. The white limestone that once formed the outer casing had a longer ...

Carved from the natural limestone of Giza ... It is not known to have chambers inside, like those found in the pyramids at Giza.

Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza may be one of the most iconic landmarks ... “The structure causing the anomalies could be vertical walls of limestone or shafts leading to a tomb structure.” ...

Giza's three pyramids and the Sphinx were constructed in the fourth dynasty of Egypt's Old Kingdom, arguably the first great civilization on earth. Today, Giza is a suburb of rapidly growing Cairo ...

As an inspector of antiquities, I lived in a rest house near the Giza Pyramids ... to touch the polished limestone sides of the pyramid, where centuries before a great pharaoh may have passed.

The Great Pyramid’s sides ... as well as healthy competition with their rival builders. Today the pyramids at Giza seem at home in their sandy surroundings, but, when they were first completed ...