The Giza pyramid complex, also called the Giza necropolis, is the site on the Giza Plateau in Greater Cairo, Egypt that includes the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes and the Great Sphinx of Giza. All were built during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, between 2600 and 2500 BC. The site also includes several cemeteries and the remains of a workers' village.[1]
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The Giza pyramid complex were featured in the documentary.
It was examined in 40 years after people right after the experiment of stone deterioration by Eric Doehne where he shows what happens inside the pyramids where salts deteriorate the stone. While not immune to decay, the Pyramids have survived for 5,000 years due to the sheer volume & dry desert environment and it was too massive to be destroyed by either man or nature, it makes the Pyramids of Giza to be the only one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World to survive into the modern era. The Sphinx were uncovered & restored for the first time in 1,400 B.C. and modern experts who've studied the Sphinx predict that without human intervention, deterioration from salts and wind erosion could render it a pile of dust within 500 to 1,000 years.
10,000 years later, both the Sphinx and the Pyramids have managed to defy their fate, thanks to the movements of the Saharan sand dunes, which have covered the site. The Great Pyramid's top now serves as the summit of a giant sand dune which almost completely covers it, shielding it from the elements for the foreseeable future.
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