Ancient Giza Walking Tour

In this tour you will be taken back to as early as 2700 BC when the land you see before you was nothing more sand and land.

Tour Information
Tour Map
Tour Stops
Comments

Ancient Giza Walking Tour

Giza Governorate Egypt

Created By: Dalton Rausch

Tour Information

This tour will take you all over the Great Pyramid complex and show you the different areas that were built mostly during the fourth dynasty of Egpyt. The pyramids were first thought of by Khufu when he began the construction in 2780 BC. Since then his successors had built other pyramids and temples built around them making them the Great Pyramid Complex it is today.


Tour Map

Loading Tour

 

What You'll See on the Tour

This one is interesting because it was recently closed to the public by the Egyptian government. Though you cannot venture inside, you can peek past the locked door at the labyrinth of corridors leading you beneath the Great Pyramid complex... Read more
Our first stop on our tour will begin with the Mastaba (or tomb) of Hemiunu. Hemiunu was the nephew of the first builder of the pyramids Khufu. Not many people outside of the immediate rulers usually got their own mastaba, so what was so sp... Read more
Next stop on our tour will be at the Khufu ship. This ship was found sealed in the Great Pyramid of Khufu and was used during the pharaoh's burial. The idea behind the burial was that the would mummify the king and in the afterlife the ship... Read more
Next stop will be the Pyramid of Khafre. This pyramid was the second built and the second tallest as well measuring in at 448 feet (136 meters) and was built by the son of Khufu. Unlike the Great Pyramid of Khufu, this pyramid was built wit... Read more
The next stop on our tour will be to the final pyramid to be constructed and also the smallest which is also the tomb of Menkaure. It stands around 204 feet (61 meters) but when it was originally built was a little taller at 215 feet (65.... Read more
Your next stop on your tour will be the Wall of the Crow. This spot is usually glossed over on most peoples site seeing tours to Giza but features some magnificent workmanship on the building of it. The wall is 656 feet (200 meters) long 32... Read more
The Valley Temple of Menkaure was built around the same time Menkaure built his pyramid and at one point had a causeway leading from his valley temple to the pyramid. There are a few other valley temples around the complex but I picked thi... Read more
The Great Sphinx of Giza is one of the largest sculptures in the world sizing in at 240 feet (73 meters) long and 66 feet (20 meters) tall. The sculpture depicts a lions body with a human face wearing a royal headdress. Scholars have not b... Read more
The next stop on the tour will be to the eastern cometary and the pyramid built for Queen Hetepheres I. Hetepheres I was the Queen of Egypt at the time being married to Snefru having born a son Khufu the great pyramid builder himself. When... Read more
The final stop on our tour will bring you full circle from the man who physically designed the pyramids to the one who ordered them be erected in the first place. This is the first Great Pyramid of Giza and the resting place of King Khufu. ... Read more

 

Leave a Comment

 

 

Download the App

Download the PocketSights Tour Guide mobile app to take this self-guided tour on your GPS-enabled mobile device.

iOS Tour Guide Android Tour Guide

 

 

Updates and Corrections

Please send change requests to changerequest@pocketsights.com.