Structures Around the Pyramids:
Necropolis, have you heard of the term before? Necropolis translates into the City of the Dead; it describes the Pyramid’s immediate surroundings or structures. Today, the pyramids stand alone in a desert area, but that was not always the case, as would be later discovered. In their heyday, the pyramids were surrounded by many structures and had people taking care of them. Even today, and despite being surrounded by the Necropolis, the pyramids are still important town structures.
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Other structures surrounding the pyramids included temples for honoring the dead rulers and religious buildings dedicated to relevant gods. The priests and staff who worked in the temples and looked after the dead kings after death also lived close to the pyramids. And, of course, the Great Sphinx of Giza was also situated near the pyramids.