Giza Plateau

The Giza Plateau is a plateau in Giza, at the outskirts of Cairo Egypt site of the Fourth Dynasty Giza Necropolis which includes the Great Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, the Sphinx, numerous cemeteries, a people village and a business complex. The plateau is increased about 60 meters above sea stage. Modern Giza is accessed through important roads. The avenue from the north results in Khufu's pyramid the opposite to near the Sphinx's front court, from the east. They cross the Nile River from the east financial institution and comply with the causeway westward.

Dominating the plateau and jogging in a southwest diagonal through the site are the 3 pyramids of the pharaohs Khufu, Khafra and Menkaure. The Giza Plateau Mapping Project changed into undertaken in 1984, an attempt to higher recognize the social and monetary forces that supported pyramid construction. Mark Lehner and his team produced an accurate map of the natural and cultural functions of the complete Giza Plateau. Survey facts advised to Lehner possible locations for the city of the pyramid builders, so in 1988 the assignment of the GPMP turned into prolonged to excavate and survey the ones regions.