Giza Pyramid Complex, Giza, Egypt
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Britannica[2] and multiple Egyptology sources place the Great Pyramid’s completion at approximately 2560 BCE, with no exact date recorded.Standing 481 feet tall and the world's tallest human-made structure for more than 3,700 years, the Great Pyramid of Giza was built as Pharaoh Khufu’s tomb from an estimated 2.3 million stone blocks.
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