Dr. Zahi Hawass says builders were not slaves; they wouldn't have been buried 'in the shadow of the pyramids'.

The third structure, the Pyramid of Menkaure, stands as the smallest of the Pyramids of Giza and was constructed for Khafre's successor to the throne, Menkaure.

Egypt's Antiquities Ministry says a scanning project in the Giza pyramids has identified thermal anomalies, including one in the largest pyramid, built by Cheops, known locally as Khufu.