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Pyramids of Giza

art material performance architecture site core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

  • Ancient Egyptian royal and labor organizations, builders

Canon Rationale

A core ancient architectural and archaeological site complex, included for Old Kingdom funerary architecture, state organization, monumental engineering, reception, and heritage preservation.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 66.

Evidence

  • institutional list: UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 'Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur'.
  • handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Pyramids of Giza'.

Audit Flags

attribution context required, access preservation required

Sensitivity Flags

display context distorting

Completion unit: study the site complex through images, plans, and archaeological/heritage context.

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