Giza: Not a City, but a Plateau and Necropolis

Giza is not a city—it's a plateau on the Nile's west bank, now engulfed by Greater Cairo's urban sprawl. The Giza Plateau hosts the Fourth Dynasty pyramids (Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure), the Great Sphinx, and vast cemeteries. Ancient Memphis (capital) lay ~20 km south. Modern Giza is a governorate and city of 4+ million, but the pyramids stand on the desert plateau, not in a historic "city of Giza." Cairo's growth made them neighbors.