NOVA: What evidence do you have that the pyramids and tombs at Giza were from, as you say, no more than 5,000 years ago. HAWASS: First of all you have inscriptions that are written inside the ...

Standing at the base of the Great Pyramid, it is hard to ... the tallest building in the world until early in this century—was built in just under 30 years. It presides over the plateau of ...