Pyramids in Giza Stately pyramid of Cheops (Huf) Little-known tombs
To the East from the Stately pyramid it is possible to distinguish the base of the doleful temple to Huf and some blocks of the road which once connected it to the temple in the plain (at present Nazlat al-Samman buried under the village). Nearby there are three destroyed pyramids of Queens, any with small a chapel. Northern and southern pyramids belong Merites and Hensutsen, according to the main spouse (and the sister) to Huf and Hefren's alleged mother. Average can belong Redzhedef's mothers - the third governor of a dynasty. Between them and the Stately pyramid the remains of the fourth minor pyramid not so long ago have been open, including its zamkovy stone, but mission of this pyramid while is unclear.
In the northeast from a pyramid of the queen Merites is mine where the sarcophagus of the queen Heteferes, spouses of the Pharaoh of the III dynasty to Snofra, placed here after plunder of initial burial has been found in Dakhshura. To the East from it are placed a tomb the Penalty and his offspring I go with sculptures died in true size and an abundance of reliefs. To the East from a pyramid of queen Hensutsen there are tombs of offspring Cheops Hufu-Zayef and He-fren's spouse (also daughters Heteferes) Meres-ankh. It most ideal remained of all tombs on a plateau Giza, with sculptures in niches and reliefs which show scenes of daily life, thus the significant part of paints has remained. To get to these tombs, address in a lodge of the security guard about mine Heteferes, naturally, the security guard will estimate a baksheesh for the executed work.
To the West from the Stately pyramid dozens мастаб IV and V dynasties where archeologists have found the 4600-year-old mummified princess which devastated body has been covered with a narrow plaster coat - earlier unknown method of a mummifying lie. There is a large quantity of tombs which till 1995 have been closed for public, since then as they were found in the nineteenth century. Generally, they are least fascinating, than what are placed on East side of the Stately pyramid, but the tomb Neferbauptakh which is almost parallel with West side of a pyramid of Hefren, on the right and in the 2nd row on North side contains the remained remains of a dinosaur in the 5th block. If you desire to visit any of these tombs, address in office of inspectors to the North. Be accurate at the deepest mines - they can not have obstacles.
