A crane lifting stones is pictured behind camels resting with their trainers by the Pyramid of Menkaure at the Giza Pyramids Necropolis, west of Cairo, Jan. 29, 2024.

Tourists pose for a "selfie" photo on a cell phone at an overlook by the Pyramid of Menkaure (Menkheres) at the Giza pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital on ...

Without breaking ground, archaeologists in Egypt have discovered an “anomaly” beneath a royal graveyard near Giza’s 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid. The pyramid, which is Egypt’s largest, was ...

Visitors pose for a picture by the base of the Pyramid of Menkaure at the Giza Pyramids Necropolis, west of Cairo, Jan. 29, 2024. / Credit: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty.

A group of Italian researchers who were looking into the Giza necropolis claimed that they had discovered what they called "vertical cylinders," 2,000 feet below ground.

Once you’re fueled and settled into Giza, Abdel Ghaffar recommends spending a whole day at the Giza Necropolis—but also to venture out to another pyramid complex in the area, Saqqara.