3D print the Pyramids of Giza
A free, printable model of the largest Giza pyramid on its desert plateau, with smaller pyramids, roads and rows of low blocks around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the Pyramids of Giza
Egypt's Giza pyramid complex, also known as the Giza necropolis, contains the pyramids of Khufu (the Great Pyramid), Khafre and Menkaure, plus their related complexes and the Great Sphinx. All of these date to the Fourth Dynasty, in the Old Kingdom, roughly 2600 to 2500 BC. Besides the pyramids, the site has several temples and cemeteries, as well as the remains of a village where workers lived.
The complex lies in the city of Giza at the desert's edge, about 9 km (5.6 mi) from the Nile on the river's west side and southwest of central Cairo, about 13 km (8.1 mi) away. UNESCO inscribed the wider Memphis and its Necropolis site in 1979, and the Giza complex forms its northernmost part. The limestone used in the pyramids mostly comes from the Mokattam Formation beneath them.
Khufu's Great Pyramid and Khafre's pyramid are the biggest ever built in ancient Egypt. Antipater of Sidon counted the Great Pyramid among the Seven Wonders of the World, and it is the oldest of those wonders by a wide margin and the sole survivor. Khafre's pyramid looks larger than the neighboring Khufu pyramid because it stands on higher ground and rises more steeply, yet it is smaller in both height and volume. The Great Sphinx is on the complex's east side.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 38 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 47 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 60 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Long smooth slopes
- The pyramid is four large, smooth slopes, so layer lines show as fine steps. Layers of 0.12–0.16 mm keep that stair-stepping subtle.
- Faint stone courses
- Thin horizontal lines mark the stone courses on the faces. They are subtle at small sizes, so print larger or choose Full detail to keep them visible.
- One piece with the ground
- The Pyramids of Giza is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The Pyramids of Giza takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
The Pyramids of Giza is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a Pyramids of Giza STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. The Pyramids of Giza grows with the print: about 38 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
