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Pyramids is a general travel term referring to a large number of man-made structures with similar characteristics, namely, an expansive rectangular base, with sides tapering to a point above the centre of the base. Pyramids are targets for travellers on a number of grounds:

• their large size (generally)
• their historical and cultural importance

Pyramids can be found at a variety of locations around the globe, including:

Egypt

The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx

• Cairo/Giza - the most famous pyramids of all, the Giza Pyramids, just outside modern Cairo
• Abusir
• Dahshur
• Saqqara

France

• Paris/1st arrondissement (central Paris) - the Louvre Museum is home to the most famous modern pyramid, built in glass and steel

Italy

• Rome - the Italian capital has a famous, steep-sided pyramid, built as an ancient cenotaph for a nobleman's tomb

Mexico

El Castillo - Chichen Itza

• Chichen Itza

United States of America

• Las Vegas - a large pyramidical structure is to be found at a Las Vegas casino
• Long Beach - the gymnasium for the baskeball and volleyball teams on the California State University, Long Beach campus is an impressive 18-story-tall blue pyramid

see also:

• Pyramid Lake - in Nevada