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Chapter 176 The King's Tomb
"Shall we continue?"

The tour guide, Dr. Ahmed, didn't quite understand why this group of Chinese people had to discuss and discuss the usual big rocks.

"it is good."

Following in the footsteps of Dr. Amode, the crowd climbed to a small hole along the steps dug out of the huge rock on the surface of the pyramid.

"This is it. Let's go in here."

Dr. Amode bowed his head and walked in first.

"It's like a cave here."

Qu Yanqiu bent down and walked in, looking around.

The Pyramid of Khufu is the largest pyramid in Egypt and even in the world, and its size is extremely large.It stands to reason that the interior of the pyramid must be very spacious, but it is not.

At least the entrance is extremely narrow.Everyone needs to keep bowing their heads to avoid in order to move on.

"This is not the normal entrance to the pyramid."

While leading the way, Dr. Ahmed introduced the history of the Khufu Pyramid and its archaeological history.

Thousands of years after the completion of the Shwedagon Pagoda, Egypt has changed countless masters, cultures, and conquerors.Every time a new conqueror comes, he will go to the Great Pyramid to worship and learn from it, and before they decline or retreat, they will come to plunder again.

Regardless of the purpose, exploring the Great Pyramid is a compulsory homework for rulers of all dynasties.

One of the most famous modern figures is General Napoleon of France.

In order to explore the Great Pyramid, Napoleon not only brought nearly a hundred scholars, but also a whole army.After conquering Egypt, Napoleon returned to France with great victories, launched the famous Brumaire coup, and became the first consul.Human history has been completely rewritten as a result.

The road under everyone's feet was excavated in 820 AD by the Muslim governor of Cairo, Caliph Almamen, in search of treasure.To put it bluntly, it is tomb robbery.

The owner and builder of the Great Pyramid, in order to prevent tomb robbers, set up countless checkpoints at the entrance of the pyramid, but unfortunately, the tomb robbers did not go through the main entrance at all, but directly dug through the lower-strength limestone, bypassing All organs.

"It's the normal passage. The corridor is ahead."

Following the voice of Dr. Almode, the cave-like road has disappeared, and a neat ramp with a 26-degree angle lies in front of everyone.You can go up or down the ramp respectively.

"Let's climb up!" Dr. Amode continued to lead the way.

Behind Chen Quan and the others, several staff members from the Tourism Bureau or the scenic spot also followed.

The size of the corridor is very regular, but the size is even smaller.Only about 1.5 meters by 1.5 meters.Everyone couldn't stand upright.

Fortunately, the ground is paved with non-slip wooden boards, so climbing up is not too difficult.The only uncomfortable thing was the lack of ventilation inside the pyramid, and soon, everyone started to sweat.

This relatively difficult journey is not too long, only lasting about 30 meters.

"This is the most famous corridor."

Dr. Ahmed proudly introduced at the exit.

Compared with the corridor less than 1.5 meters square, the large corridor is indeed worthy of the name "big".In addition to the width of 2.4 meters, the headroom reaches 10 meters.

The material of the inner wall of the large corridor has also changed, and the giant polished limestone slabs are tightly joined together.The walls on both sides are not straight up, but introverted, presenting a typical stepped shape. .

"Wow. ThisThis"

Walter opened his mouth wide, but couldn't find a suitable adjective. "This is big!"

"It's really spectacular." Qu Yanqiu came out the third. "But what's the use of them building this big corridor?"

"living room?"

Chen Quan followed behind.

The voices of the people reflected back and forth in the huge space, forming an echo.

The big corridor continues the slope of 26 degrees, and it still needs to climb up continuously, but because of the wide space, it feels not so hard.

Even so, when everyone climbed more than 50 meters and came to the small platform at the end of the big corridor, they were all wheezing and panting.

The building materials on both sides of the small platform have undergone major changes again. It is no longer limestone with low density, but granite with very dense density and strength.Coupled with the smooth surface, intuitively it gives people a lot of advanced feeling.

The only pity is that if you want to move on, everyone can only get down, climb through a hole with a height of less than 1.2 meters, and come to another space called "Front Hall".

The height of the front hall is nearly four meters and the length is about 3.5 meters. There are several clear vertical channels on the wall.Three of them are concave all the way to the ground, and a giant basalt slab 3 meters high and 0.3 meters thick is embedded in the fourth groove, which blocks the entrance, leaving a small space.

"Oh. If this thing falls, it will kill people." After Wang Qing stood up, he touched the suspended rock slab with a look of fear.

"You're right." Dr. Amode agreed. "The main function of the front hall is to prevent tomb robbers. As long as the switch is turned on for these huge stone slabs, the boulders will slide down these convex grooves and completely seal the entrance."

"But why is there only one slate and the others?"

Dr. Almond shrugged, indicating that he didn't know either.

"Get out of here quickly, it always feels oppressive here."

"It's not a sense of oppression, but a feeling of danger."

Everyone touched the bumps and grooves on the wall, sighed for a while, and then moved on.

Climb through a 1.2-meter-high passage again, and you will come to the end of the trip, the King's Tomb.

The King's chamber' is not where the pharaoh's tomb is located.It's just because the name sounds more advanced.

The king's tomb is located in the very center of the Khufu Pyramid. The area inside is not large, less than five meters high, and the area is only about [-] square meters.

The tomb was empty, except for an open sarcophagus, there was nothing.The only stone pavilion not only has no cover, but even a corner of it has been obviously damaged.

"You have also seen that the size of the stone hall is obviously larger than the size of the passage we just climbed in." Dr. Amode continued to play the role of a tour guide, and introduced it endlessly. "There are many mysteries in the pyramid, and how this stone pavilion was brought in is one of them."

Unfortunately, everyone lost interest in listening to the story.

"Just this? You have traveled thousands of miles just to see this?"

James ran his hand over the smooth wall and shrugged. "It's not as good as my kitchen."

People's expectations are gradually raised. After passing through the magnificence of the grand corridor and the danger of the front hall, they have gone through untold hardships and came to the center of the famous pyramid.

Everyone is looking forward to a more mysterious, or more spectacular journey.

Although the granite walls in the king's tomb are extremely smooth and flat, with no gaps between them, showing the wisdom and ability of the ancients, but in the eyes of modern people, they seem ordinary.

"Did someone rob the grave?"

To be honest, Chen Quan was also somewhat disappointed with the so-called King's Tomb. "In such a famous Great Pyramid, there is..."

"Shh!"

Qu Yanqiu suddenly raised her index finger to her mouth, signaling everyone to shut up. "Did you hear anything?"

"what?"

All turn around. "No!"

"Wait a minute, here we go again. This sounds like."

Qu Yanqiu frowned. "It's kind of like someone calling me. But as soon as I answer, the phone is disconnected."

(End of this chapter)