# Roots Earth in Giza: audio stories about 40 places Canonical: https://rootsearth.com/cities/giza Published: 16 September 2026 Roots Earth has audio stories about 40 places in Giza, Egypt, in Africa. The Giza stories are in all seven Roots Earth languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The app needs no account: open Giza, pick a place on the city's map of places and play. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. The stories are written by local people. The 40 places are listed below in the order the app shows them, and again further down with their coordinates. The lists were taken from the Roots Earth catalogue on 15 September 2026. ## The 40 places in Giza with audio stories In the order the app shows them. 1. Great Pyramid of Giza 2. Giza Pyramid Complex 3. Great Sphinx of Giza 4. Pyramid of Khafre 5. Pyramid of Menkaure 6. Giza Necropolis 7. Khufu Ship 8. Grand Egyptian Museum 9. Tomb of Meresankh III 10. Pharaonic Village 11. Mena House Hotel 12. Imhotep Museum 13. Saqqara 14. Pyramid of Djoser 15. Pyramid of Unas 16. Pyramid of Userkaf 17. Serapeum of Saqqara 18. Memphis 19. Abusir 20. Dahshur 21. Red Pyramid 22. Bent Pyramid 23. Cairo University 24. Cairo Opera House 25. Nahdet Misr (Egypt's Renaissance) 26. 6th of October City 27. Smart Village 28. Dokki 29. Agouza 30. Mohandessin 31. Imbaba 32. Kerdasa 33. Giza Zoo 34. Orman Garden 35. El Sawy Culture Wheel 36. Zamalek 37. Gezira 38. Cairo International Stadium 39. Sheikh Zayed City 40. Cairo Festival City ## Is there an audio guide for Great Pyramid of Giza? Yes. Great Pyramid of Giza has its audio stories in the Roots Earth app: a short introduction and a deeper story, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. It is place 1 of the 40 Giza places in the app, at 29.97917, 31.13417. Every one of the other 39 places in the list above has the same two stories. Roots Earth is not a guided tour: you choose the place on the city's map of places and play its story yourself. ## How to use Roots Earth in Giza Open Roots Earth and choose Giza. The city has its own map of places with all 40 of them on it. Tap the place you are standing in front of, or any other, and play its short introduction or its deeper story. You decide what to listen to and in which order. You can listen in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian, and there is no account. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. --- **In full** All 40 places in Giza, in the app's order, with their coordinates. ## All 40 places in Giza, with coordinates Every place below has a short introduction and a deeper story in the Roots Earth app, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The names, the coordinates (latitude, longitude) and the one line descriptions are the app's own catalogue values of 15 September 2026; a place without a line here has none that this page can print. ### 1. Great Pyramid of Giza - Coordinates: 29.97917, 31.13417 - In one line: The oldest and only surviving Wonder of the ancient world, this colossal limestone tomb of pharaoh Khufu rose around 2600 BCE. For nearly four thousand years it stood as the tallest structure on Earth. ### 2. Giza Pyramid Complex - Coordinates: 29.97611, 31.13278 - In one line: A complete royal cemetery of the Fourth Dynasty, built around 2600 to 2500 BCE. Three great pyramids, queens' pyramids, temples, causeways, the Sphinx, and a workers' town crowd this plateau west of Cairo. ### 3. Great Sphinx of Giza - Coordinates: 29.97526, 31.13758 - In one line: Carved around 2500 BCE from a single limestone outcrop, this lion-bodied guardian with a pharaoh's face stretches roughly 73 meters long. It likely portrays Khafre and gazes east toward the rising sun. ### 4. Pyramid of Khafre - Coordinates: 29.97611, 31.13083 - In one line: The second great pyramid, raised for pharaoh Khafre around 2550 BCE. A steeper slope and higher bedrock make it look the tallest, and a cap of smooth casing still clings to its summit. ### 5. Pyramid of Menkaure - Coordinates: 29.9725, 31.12833 - In one line: The smallest of Giza's three great pyramids, built for pharaoh Menkaure around 2510 BCE. Its lower courses were faced in Aswan red granite, and three little queens' pyramids stand at its southern side. ### 6. Giza Necropolis - Coordinates: 29.97611, 31.13278 - In one line: A vast Old Kingdom city of the dead on the plateau west of Cairo, dating from about 2600 to 2500 BCE. Beyond the three pyramids and Sphinx spread square kilometers of tombs, temples, and shafts. ### 7. Khufu Ship - Coordinates: 29.97806, 31.13444 - In one line: A 43-meter cedar vessel sealed in a pit beside the Great Pyramid around 2500 BCE and rediscovered in 1954. Built without nails from sewn planks, it ranks among antiquity's oldest and best-preserved ships. ### 8. Grand Egyptian Museum - Coordinates: 29.995, 31.1193 - In one line: The Grand Egyptian Museum stands near the Giza plateau, opened in 2025. Its alabaster facade and pyramid-aligned galleries hold over 100,000 artifacts, including the complete treasures of Tutankhamun and a towering statue of Ramesses II. ### 9. Tomb of Meresankh III - Coordinates: 29.97611, 31.13278 - In one line: The rock-cut tomb of Meresankh III, granddaughter of Khufu and queen of Khafre, lies in Giza's Eastern Cemetery. Built around 2520 BCE, its chapel preserves unusually vivid painted reliefs and carved statues of daily life. ### 10. Pharaonic Village - Coordinates: 29.99722, 31.21528 - In one line: On Jacob Island in the Nile, the Pharaonic Village brings ancient Egypt to life. Opened in 1984 by Hassan Ragab, it sends visitors past costumed performers reenacting daily pharaonic life, with replica temples, workshops, and a full-scale Tutankhamun tomb. ### 11. Mena House Hotel - Coordinates: 29.9856, 31.1328 - In one line: Beside the Great Pyramid, the Mena House began in 1869 as a khedival hunting lodge and opened as a hotel in 1886. Its carved interiors, gardens, and pyramid views have drawn royalty and world leaders, including the 1943 Cairo Conference. ### 12. Imhotep Museum - Coordinates: 29.8711, 31.2161 - In one line: At the entrance to Saqqara, the Imhotep Museum opened in 2006. Named for the architect of the Step Pyramid, its six halls display finds from the necropolis, including green faience tiles from Djoser's complex and a room honoring Egyptologist Jean-Philippe Lauer. ### 13. Saqqara - Coordinates: 29.87111, 31.21639 - In one line: Saqqara is the vast necropolis of ancient Memphis, used for some 3,000 years. South of Cairo, it holds the Step Pyramid of Djoser, the oldest stone building complex on earth, alongside mastabas, later pyramids, and the underground galleries of the Serapeum. ### 14. Pyramid of Djoser - Coordinates: 29.8711, 31.2167 - In one line: Built around 2650 BCE at Saqqara by the architect Imhotep, the Step Pyramid of Djoser was Egypt's first pyramid and the earliest colossal stone building. Its six tiers rise about 62 meters within a vast enclosure of courtyards and colonnades. ### 15. Pyramid of Unas - Coordinates: 29.86833, 31.21472 - In one line: The smallest Old Kingdom pyramid, raised at Saqqara around 2350 BCE for Unas, last king of the 5th Dynasty. It is the first pyramid inscribed with the Pyramid Texts, the oldest religious writings in Egypt. ### 16. Pyramid of Userkaf - Coordinates: 29.87361, 31.21889 - In one line: Now a weathered conical mound at Saqqara, this was the first pyramid of the 5th Dynasty, built around 2490 BCE for Userkaf. He also began the dynasty's tradition of building great sun temples honoring the rising cult of Ra. ### 17. Serapeum of Saqqara - Coordinates: 29.876, 31.21 - In one line: A vast underground gallery at Saqqara where the sacred Apis bulls were entombed in colossal granite sarcophagi, each weighing dozens of tonnes. Rediscovered by Auguste Mariette in 1850, the tunnels were used from the New Kingdom into the Ptolemaic age. ### 18. Memphis - Coordinates: 29.84944, 31.255 - In one line: Founded around 3100 BCE, Memphis was the first capital of unified Egypt and the great city of the god Ptah. Now an open-air museum near Mit Rahina, it preserves a fallen colossus of Ramesses II and a famous alabaster sphinx. ### 19. Abusir - Coordinates: 29.9, 31.2 - In one line: A 5th Dynasty royal necropolis between Giza and Saqqara, holding the weathered pyramids of Sahure, Neferirkare, Nyuserre, and Neferefre. It also yielded the Abusir Papyri, the largest archive of Old Kingdom administrative records ever found. ### 20. Dahshur - Coordinates: 29.80639, 31.20806 - In one line: A royal necropolis south of Saqqara where the geometry of the pyramid was perfected. It holds Sneferu's Bent Pyramid and Red Pyramid from the 4th Dynasty, plus Middle Kingdom monuments including the ruined Black Pyramid of Amenemhat III. ### 21. Red Pyramid - Coordinates: 29.80833, 31.20583 - In one line: Built by Sneferu around 2580 BCE at Dahshur, this 105-meter monument was Egypt's first successful true smooth-sided pyramid. Named for its reddish core stone, it briefly stood as the tallest structure on earth before the Great Pyramid surpassed it. ### 22. Bent Pyramid - Coordinates: 29.79028, 31.20917 - In one line: A 4,600-year-old pyramid at Dahshur, built for Pharaoh Sneferu of the Fourth Dynasty. Its sides change slope partway up, giving it a distinctive folded silhouette and a key place in the evolution of pyramid design. ### 23. Cairo University - Coordinates: 30.0276, 31.21014 - In one line: Egypt's flagship public university, founded in 1908 and now centered on a domed Giza campus across the Nile from Cairo. Among its graduates are Nobel laureates Naguib Mahfouz, Yasser Arafat, and Mohamed ElBaradei. ### 24. Cairo Opera House - Coordinates: 30.04245, 31.22353 - In one line: Egypt's main performing-arts venue, opened in 1988 on Gezira Island as a gift from Japan. The modern complex replaced the Khedivial Opera House of 1869, where Verdi's Aida premiered before fire destroyed it in 1971. ### 25. Nahdet Misr (Egypt's Renaissance) - Coordinates: 30.0276, 31.21014 - In one line: A monumental granite sculpture by Mahmoud Mokhtar, completed in 1928, standing before Cairo University. A peasant woman lifts her veil beside a rising sphinx, embodying Egypt's reawakening after the 1919 revolution. ### 26. 6th of October City - Coordinates: 29.98333, 30.96667 - In one line: A planned desert city southwest of Cairo, founded in 1979 under President Sadat and named for the 1973 October War. Now a major hub of industry, banking, and private universities within Greater Cairo. ### 27. Smart Village - Coordinates: 30.07667, 31.01889 - In one line: Egypt's flagship technology park, established in 2001 near 6th of October City. Spread across landscaped grounds, it hosts global tech firms, banks, and government ministries as the country's main hub for information technology. ### 28. Dokki - Coordinates: 30.03806, 31.21111 - In one line: A leafy, upscale district of Giza on the Nile's west bank, facing downtown Cairo. Known for its embassies, schools, and tree-lined streets, Dokki grew from farmland into one of Greater Cairo's busiest residential and commercial quarters. ### 29. Agouza - Coordinates: 30.05222, 31.21556 - In one line: Agouza is a riverside district on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, threaded between two bridges. Planned on former endowment land in the mid-20th century, it mixes apartment blocks, hospitals, and the Egyptian National Circus. ### 30. Mohandessin - Coordinates: 30.05306, 31.20194 - In one line: Mohandessin is an upscale Giza district whose name means the Engineers, after the professional cooperatives that built it from the 1950s. Planned on former endowment estates, it gathers boutiques, restaurants, and offices along Arab League Boulevard. ### 31. Imbaba - Coordinates: 30.0925, 31.20056 - In one line: Imbaba is a densely packed working-class district in northern Giza, west of the Nile. Once a camel-trading village and the site of Napoleon's 1798 battle, it is now among the most crowded urban quarters on earth. ### 32. Kerdasa - Coordinates: 30.03202, 31.11045 - In one line: Kerdasa is a craft town northwest of the Giza pyramids, long famed for handwoven textiles, carpets, and embroidered galabeyas. Its lively market draws shoppers seeking traditional patterns and silk garments from Egypt and abroad. ### 33. Giza Zoo - Coordinates: 30.02639, 31.21306 - In one line: The Giza Zoo opened in 1891 on former khedival harem gardens, one of the oldest zoos in Africa and the Middle East. It is known for its lush grounds, mosaic paths, and a suspension bridge linked to Gustave Eiffel. ### 34. Orman Garden - Coordinates: 30.0292, 31.2131 - In one line: The Orman Garden is a 19th-century botanical garden in Giza, founded by Khedive Ismail in 1875 and designed by a French landscaper. Its name means the forest, and it shelters rare conifers, palms, cacti, and a celebrated spring flower show. ### 35. El Sawy Culture Wheel - Coordinates: 30.06228, 31.21642 - In one line: El Sawy Culture Wheel is a contemporary arts center founded in 2003 beneath a Nile bridge in Zamalek. Named for a novelist, it stages concerts, exhibitions, and workshops, becoming a vital home for independent music and young Egyptian talent. ### 36. Zamalek - Coordinates: 30.067, 31.217 - In one line: Zamalek occupies the leafy northern third of Gezira Island in the Nile, a famously affluent Cairo neighborhood of embassies, art galleries, bookshops and tree-lined streets, long beloved by artists, musicians and the city's cosmopolitan set. ### 37. Gezira - Coordinates: 30.05, 31.21667 - In one line: Gezira is the green southern district of the Nile island that shares its name, the Arabic word for island. Born as a khedival garden, it now holds the Cairo Tower, the Opera House and the historic Gezira Sporting Club. ### 38. Cairo International Stadium - Coordinates: 30.0692, 31.3122 - In one line: Cairo International Stadium, opened in 1960 in Nasr City, is Egypt's grand 75,000-seat national arena. Designed by German architect Werner March and inaugurated by President Gamal Abdel Nasser, it remains home to the national team and the giants Al Ahly and Zamalek. ### 39. Sheikh Zayed City - Coordinates: 30.0444, 30.9764 - In one line: Sheikh Zayed City is a planned, affluent satellite town west of Cairo, established in the mid-1990s and named for the UAE's founding ruler. Its broad, leafy districts, compounds and malls draw residents seeking calm beyond the crowded capital. ### 40. Cairo Festival City - Coordinates: 30.02702, 31.4118 - In one line: Cairo Festival City is a sprawling mixed-use development in New Cairo, built by the Emirati Al-Futtaim Group. Centered on a vast mall with Egypt's first IKEA and a dancing fountain, it blends shopping, homes, offices and entertainment along the Ring Road. ## Roots Earth in short Roots Earth has audio stories about 5,665 places in 130 cities, 25 countries and 6 regions, written by local people. - No account - Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection - Audio stories in English and German in every city, and in Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian in 126 of the 130 cities Roots Earth for Android is available on Google Play: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsearth.app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsearth.app). ## More from Roots Earth - [Africa in the Roots Earth catalogue](https://rootsearth.com/cities#africa): every city in Africa with its number of places and its languages. - [What Roots Earth is](https://rootsearth.com/app): the app in one page, how it works and what is in it. - [Questions travellers ask](https://rootsearth.com/faq): the cities, the languages, the account, listening without a connection. - [The 7 languages](https://rootsearth.com/languages): the seven languages with their codes and how many cities each one covers. - [Alexandria](https://rootsearth.com/cities/alexandria): 44 places in Egypt with audio stories. - [Aswan](https://rootsearth.com/cities/aswan): 40 places in Egypt with audio stories. - [Cairo](https://rootsearth.com/cities/cairo): 52 places in Egypt with audio stories. - [Luxor](https://rootsearth.com/cities/luxor): 46 places in Egypt with audio stories. 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