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World’s tallest man, shortest woman visit pyramids

Tuesday, 30 January 2018 7:26 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 30 January 2018 7:26 PM ]

India's Jyoti Amge (R), the world's shortest woman poses for a picture with Sultan Kosen of Turkey, the world's tallest man, at the site of the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt on January 26, 2018. (AFP)

Sultan Kosen and Jyoti Amge – the world’s tallest man and shortest woman – have visited the Giza Pyramids in Egypt. Kosen is a 36-year-old Turkish national and holds the Guinness World Record for being the world's tallest living man at 8 feet, 3 inches.

The 25-year-old Amge is an Indian national identified by the Guinness World Record as the world's shortest woman at a height of 2 feet, 0.7 inches tall. The appearance of the pair was organized by the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Board.

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