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The opening of the mysterious 'air shaft' in the north wall of the sarcophagus chamber inside the pyramid of Khufu. A similar shaft opening is also found on the south wall of the chamber, though badly damaged by early explorers. "A symbolic function should also be attributed to the so-called "air-shafts," which had nothing to do with conducting air. No other pyramid contains chambers and passages so high in the body of masonry as Khufu's and so the builders provided the King's Chamber with small model passages to allow the king's spirit to ascend to the stars." - Mark Lehner, The Complete Pyramids |
Date | 13 January 2019, 07:02 (original upload date) |
Source | Great Pyramid Air Shaft |
Author | Vincent Brown |
Camera location | 29° 58′ 45.7″ N, 31° 08′ 02.9″ E ![]() | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | ![]() |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by pyramidtextsonline at https://flickr.com/photos/21236485@N04/39752498153. It was reviewed on 16 December 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
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