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This is deep inside the gigantic Egyptian Pyramid of Khufu, otherwise known as the Great Pyramid, which dates from 2550 BC.

I have two pictures of the Grand Gallery, which leads upwards to the King's burial chamber. The Gallery is a large void inside the pyramid. It rises at an angle of 26.5 degrees, is 8.6 metres (28 ft) high and 46.68 metres (153.1 ft) long. At the base it is 2.06 metres (6.8 ft) wide, but going vertically, after 2.29 metres (7.5 ft) the blocks of stone in the walls are corbelled inwards by 7.6 centimetres (3.0 in) on each side.

Going inside the pyramid is not for the claustrophobic. You are surrounded by 2.3 million blocks of Limestone and Granite, with a total weight estimated at 6 million tonnes. At the top of the Gallery you need to stoop down through a narrow passage to enter the King's chamber.

1984 Nikkormat FTn, 50mm f2.0, Kodachrome
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Author Mike McBey

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