Plateau , on the outskirts of  Cairo ,  Egypt . This  Ancient Egyptian   necropolis  consists of the  Pyramid of Khufu (also known as the  Great Pyramid  and the Pyramid of Cheops), the somewhat smaller  Pyramid of Khafre  (or Kephren/Chefren), and the relatively modest-sized  Pyramid of Menkaure  (or Mykerinus/Mycerinus), along with a number