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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : It’s just past 6 AM and an opportunity of a lifetime awaits, entering the three chambers of the Great Pyramid
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : A low, short passage communicates a small Antechamber with the King’s Chamber
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : With nobody around, I must admit it’s magical and eerie to be at the King’s Burial Chamber
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : Ada next to the sarcophagus, which measures 7’6” long, 3’2” wide, and 3’5” high
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : The sarcophagus, on the western end of the burial chamber, was made from a single piece of stone
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : Of course, I was going nowhere until Ada shot a picture of me on the King’s Burial Chamber
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : The King’s Burial Chamber’s wall is composed of red granite blocks, probably quarried from Aswan
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : An example of an air shaft within the wall of Pharaoh Khufu’s Burial Chamber
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : The ceiling and slabs from the King’s Burial Chamber are a fine example of Ancient Egyptian architecture, from 2580-2560 BC
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : The ceiling slabs at the King’s Burial Chamber
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : The Pyramid Texts were introduced at the end of the 5th Dynasty, so you cannot expect to find them at the King’s Burial Chamber
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : The King’s Burial Chamber still has the sarcophagus in situ
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : Last glance at the King’s Burial Chamber, experience of a lifetime
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : Ada crouches on a small passage leading from the King’s Burial Chamber to the Antechamber
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : The Antechamber’s ceiling slabs
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : Ada clearing the small passage that leads from the King’s Burial Chamber to the Antechamber
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : The corbelled vault above the Grand Gallery is an architectural wonder
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : Ada is about to descend the Grand Gallery
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : Ada is descending the Grand Gallery
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : An example of an horizontal slot, seen at regular intervals, on each side of the Grand Gallery
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : Ada crouched inside the Horizontal Passage that leads to the Queen’s Chamber
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : A drilled hole, which provides testament of modern probes and surveys carried out at the Queen’s Chamber
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : The Queen’s Chamber’s eastern wall contains a niche with corbelled sides
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : The Queen’s Chamber ceiling is built from gabled limestone beams, assembled in an inverted V shape
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : The Queen’s Chamber eastern wall contains an air shaft
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : The corbelled niche is found on the eastern wall of the Queen’s Chamber
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The Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza Plateau Complex, Egypt : Ada is crouched on the Horizontal Passage that links the Queen’s Chamber with the Grand Gallery
