What is Giza Necropolis?
[[File:All Gizah Pyramids.jpg|thumb|right|200px|All of the six [[pyramids]] of the Giza Necropolis]] {{mergeto|Giza pyramid complex}} '''Giza Necropolis''' (also called the '''Giza pyramid complex''') is a [[necropolis]] on the Giza Plateau near the city of [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]. It is about 8 kilometres (5&nbsp;[[mile|mi]]) inland into the desert from the ancient town of [[Giza]] on the [[Nile]], and about 25 kilometres (15&nbsp;mi) southwest of Cairo city centre. The [[Great Pyramid of Giza|Great Pyramid]] is the only remaining monument of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]]. Construction is thought to have taken 20,000 workers and 20 years. == Major parts of the complex == * [[Great Pyramid of Giza|Pyramid of Khufu]] * [[Khafre's Pyramid|Pyramid of Khafre]] * [[Menkaure's Pyramid|Pyramid of Menkaure]] * [[Great Sphinx]] * [[Khufu ship]] == Construction of the Great Pyramid == There have been many theories to explain how the pyramids were built. These theories include: * the use of external or outside ramps * the use of cranes * the use of an internal or inside ramp. This idea was developed by [[Jean-Pierre Houdin]], a French [[architect]]. He has also made detailed [[computer]] models of the Great Pyramid. Houdin says that the ramp spirals upward. There is evidence in the notched corners of the pyramid. Not only was the spiraling internal ramp used, but an external ramp was probably used to move the bigger blocks. These are in the lower half of the pyramid and probably used simple cranes to lift them. == More reading == * Lehner, Mark 1997. ''The Complete Pyramids''. Thames & Hudson, 1997. {{ISBN|0-500-05084-8}} * Manley, Bill (ed) ''The Seventy Great Mysteries of Ancient Egypt''. Thames & Hudson. {{ISBN|0-500-05123-2}} * ''Mysteries of Egypt'' National Geographic Society, 1999. {{ISBN|0-7922-9752-0}}. * Rhys-Davies, John 1995. ''Riddles of the monument builders: Who built the Sphinx?'' Time-Life Video, 1995. * Hai, Paul 2007. ''Raising Stone 1: Paul Hai's racks & pinions theory''. {{ISBN|978-0-646-47679-7