Monuments and Places in the Cairo Area (from North Cairo to Dashur)
Giza Plateau
The
Giza Plateau is the location for the most famous group of pyramids in Egypt, and is located about five miles from Cairo, just to the
south-west. http://www.egyptvoyager.com/pyramids_giza_history.htm
An interesting series of models of the Giza Plateau may be found,
courtesy of the Oriental Institute
Giza View from the Sahara-360
degrees
Nova PBS site with a very nice 360 degree sweeping view of the desert, the three pyramids, and the necropolis at Giza.
Very impressive.
A tour of Khufu's Pyramid
Complete
List of All the Pyramids of Egypt
List can be viewed in chronological order or geographical order. Each listing
has photo (if possible), statistics on dimensions, history and details
of building of pyramid, and link to pharaoh.
Site Map-Abusir and Abu Gurab
Brief history with
embedded links, site map with index, also with embedded links.
Abu Gurab-Temple of Niuserre
Brief history, embedded links, plan of temple with index to interior, photo of courtyard.
Saqqara
Saqqara
Necropolis
Complete plans with links to tombs and pyramids of the Saqqara Necropolis, the South Saqqara Necropolis,
and the Serapeum.
