Great Pyramid of Giza

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Great Pyramid of Giza

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the Great Pyramid of Giza

  1. The largest and most famous of the Egyptian pyramids, and the only remaining member of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
    • 1743, Richard Pococke, “Contents of the Plates contain’d in this Volume”, in A Description of the East, and Some Other Countries, volume the first (Observations on Egypt), London: Printed for the Author, by W. Bowyer;  []:
      A ſection of the great pyramid at Gize, and a view of the head of the Sphinx.
    • 1803, The Gentleman’s Magazine, page 805:
      AS you favoured my letter concerning the great pyramid of Giza with a place in your Repoſitory, [].


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