Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

First Steps into Khufu's Pyramid, by Sean Ellis

Access to the interior of the Great Pyramid is not through the original entrance as many would think. That entrance is now sealed with a locked gate and instead, tourists enter through the crude tunnel dug by Calif Mamun and his men when they broke into the pyramid in 820 A.D.

Looking back towards the entrance, by Cathleen Shattuck

The dark blue that can be seen in the photo above is the night sky, indicating how far into the pyramid the photographer is standing.

A bit further along the visitor comes to the end of the Mamun’s tunnel where it joins the beginning of the ascending passage.

The end of Mamun's tunnel. Photo by Andrew Currie

First Steps into Khufu’s Pyramid by Sean Ellis. Some rights reserved.
The Theives Tunnel by Cathleen Shattuck. Some rights reserved.
Inside Cheops I by Andrew Currie Some rights reserved.

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