Giza

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Giza

2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in or near Giza.

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UNESCO sites in Giza

  • Historic CairoCultural · 1979 · 2 km

    Tucked away amid the modern urban area of Cairo lies one of the world's oldest Islamic cities, with its famous mosques, madrasas, hammams and fountains. Founded in the 10th century, it became the new centre of the Islami…

  • Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to DahshurCultural · 1979 · 8 km

    The capital of the Old Kingdom of Egypt has some extraordinary funerary monuments, including rock tombs, ornate mastabas, temples and pyramids. In ancient times, the site was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Wo…

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