Pyramides Aegyptiae, miraculum mundi tertium. Les Pyramides de l’Egypte, troifiéme miracle du Monde.

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Pyramides Aegyptiae, miraculum mundi tertium. Les Pyramides de l’Egypte, troifiéme miracle du Monde.

Map shows the pyramides of Egypt. The Giza pyramid complex, also called the Giza Necropolis, is an archaeological site on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Consisting of a necropolis or mortuary complex of the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, it includes the three Great Pyramids (Khufu/Cheops, Khafre/Chephren and Menkaure/Mykerinos), the Great Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers' village and an industrial complex. It is located in the Western Desert. The pyramids of the complex have historically been common as emblems of ancient Egypt in the Western imagination, were popularised in Hellenistic times, when the Great Pyramid was listed by Antipater of Sidon as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is by far the oldest of the ancient Wonders and the only one still in existence.

ca. 1760

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Probst