Plan. as viewed from Nile on the east Each pyramid is part of a complex, consisting of Valley Temple, roofed causeway, mortuary=funerary temple, and the pyramid itself for the king's burial. Note also rectangular mastaba tombs of the nobility.
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| Giza pyramids, constructed of limestone:
Plan. as viewed from Nile on the east Each pyramid is part of a complex, consisting of Valley Temple, roofed causeway, mortuary=funerary temple, and the pyramid itself for the king's burial. Note also rectangular mastaba tombs of the nobility. |
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| Reconstruction showing same elements as plan, and also Great Sphinx on far right. | |
| View of actual remains, as viewed from south, with pyramids of King Menkaure's queens in the foreground. | |