Great Pyramid of Giza: Then and Now

Tomb of the pharaoh Khufu, built around 2560 BC and the tallest structure on Earth for nearly four thousand years; the only surviving Wonder of the ancient world.

Key facts

Country today	Egypt
Status	Standing
Date	2560 BC
Nearest city on the map	Cairo (about 12 km)
Location	29.979° N, 31.134° E

Map showing Great Pyramid of Giza in 500 BC — Border map for 500 BC. See the world in 500 BC.

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Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

Period	State
500 BC–324 BC	Achaemenid Empire
323 BC–301 BC	Empire of Alexander
300 BC–2 BC	Ptolemaic Kingdom
1 BC–299	Roman Empire
300–399	Rome (Diocletianus)
400–699	Eastern Roman Empire
700–799	Umayyad Caliphate
800–999	Abbasid Caliphate
1000–1299	Fatimid Caliphate
1300–1599	Mamluk Sultanate
1600–1814	Ottoman Empire
1815–today	Egypt