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>"The ancient historians, like Herodotos, that recorded Khufu, mention that he was a fierce and stern ruler." >"These accounts are from over 2,000 years after Khufu lived, however, so we might not be able to believe them." I thought that second sentence was an unnecessary take.
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I'm going on a tour in Luxor & other places in Egypt tomorrow. This amazing, thank you!
@ndr I was just there earlier this year and would like to recommend a guide named Mohamed [redacted] to you (and anyone else who is visiting that area) who we met there and spent two days with in Luxor (Karnak & Luxor Temple) and driving down to Aswan (via Esna, Al Sharawna, El Kab and Edfu) from Luxor. Mobile: [redacted]
Thanks for the feedback! Didn't know if people would like this. If this is interesting, and you'd like to learn more about Ancient Egypt, here are a few more sites that I've worked at: Luxor Temple: https://luxortemple.mused.org/en/guided/178/luxor-temple Tomb of Queen Meresankh III at Giza: https://giza.mused.org/en/guided/4/tomb-of-queen-meresankh-i... I've mostly been working around the Mediterranean, Central Amer…
By "worked at", what exactly do you mean?
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@ndr I was just there earlier this year and would like to recommend a guide named Mohamed [redacted] to you (and anyone else who is visiting that area) who we met there and spent two days with in Luxor (Karnak & Luxor Temple) and driving down to Aswan (via Esna, Al Sharawna, El Kab and Edfu) from Luxor. Mobile: [redacted]
maybe don't post someone's phone number on the public internet without permission?
My takeaways: - From the entrance, all the way to the Grand Gallery ... it doesn't not feel like that was an intended entrance path. It gives the vibe of an auxiliary tunnel (not main path). - It's extremely "industrial". For what historians claim to be a monument, there's not a single hieroglyphic that I saw. It was the opposite of being ornate or lavish. - There's numerous deep groves intended to guide something la…
My takeaways: - From the entrance, all the way to the Grand Gallery ... it doesn't not feel like that was an intended entrance path. It gives the vibe of an auxiliary tunnel (not main path). - It's extremely "industrial". For what historians claim to be a monument, there's not a single hieroglyphic that I saw. It was the opposite of being ornate or lavish. - There's numerous deep groves intended to guide something la…
The accompanying text says the entrance was made by robbers forcefully breaking through some random section because they did not find the true entrance. So they dug until they hit the existing tunnels.
Just a quick question out of curiosity: how easy is it to get access of it? Or maybe you worked/collaborated with other orgs to makes it easier?
Egyptology is so fascinating. When I was in primary school, the teacher did a really special lesson I'll never forget. The classroom was decorated like a tomb - the windows were blacked out and the tables were arranged in a way that we had to crawl in to start the lesson. We went through puzzles and explored pyramids on the projector. When some pupils were distracted by the table tunnel, the teacher stayed in the cha…
Sounds like a great teacher! Not in Egypt but elsewhere a tunnel collapsed on me + 4 really incredible people on site helping with the scan. We dug ourselves out with our hands. Your teacher knew the real deal.
Glad you made it out, wow. What a story.