The pyramid is shaped like many of the other pyramids of Mesoamerica. This pyramid is the smallest of the three main pyramids at Giza. The Great Pyramid is surrounded by a complex of several buildings including small pyramids. Egyptian civilisation is renowned for its colossal pyramids, temples and monumental tombs. The earliest Egyptian pyramids were step pyramids. They met on a horseback ride at the Giza pyramids in Egypt. These buildings were not constructed in the same manner as the pyramids in Egypt. He also promoted Egyptology and participated himself in excavations of the pyramids of Giza. Notable are the ziggurats, large temples in the form of step pyramids. He also based his predictions on the geometry of the Giza Pyramids. Egyptian pyramids very close in proportion to these mathematical pyramids are known. It was roughly contemporaneous with the Egyptian pyramids. The latter is surrounded by the ruins of ten smaller subsidiary pyramids. It is a concept album centred on the pyramids of Giza. The similar technique has been applied in Angkor Wat in Cambodia and Egyptian Pyramids.