It's all sunshine and sand on the outside.
But inside the Great Pyramid, even
non-claustrophobes might nut up.
Continuing the [eclipse] trip down memory lane
that I began on Sunday...
In the process of backing up and editing files, I've wanted to make sure that I used the correct names for my pyramid pics. I went to check this out with the search engines, and I found an exceptional cross-section of the Great Pyramid.
I looked at this diagram's depiction of the Grand Gallery and I recalled my experience of walking up that dim, steep staircase after the Sun-and-Moon show above the pyramids had ended. The mnemonic neurons took hold again, and now I have these images to share:
The third photo directly above shows what the light level was like inside the Grand Gallery... and I cannot say enough about how precisely engineered the vaulted (or I suppose "corbelled") walls were. Dragging stone blocks up mud ramps, my a*&.
Anyway, as the black-and-white diagram above indicates (more or less), you almost have to go down on hands and knees to enter the coffin chamber in the middle of the pyramid... because the only way in is a less-than-meter-high passage that runs for about 10 or 12 feet.
I certainly wouldn't want to discourage anyone from going inside the pyramids. I mean, they're the Giza pyramids. But knowing what's in store inside, perhaps some might prefer the attractions on the outside. Just don't try to climb them (in the daylight).
Meanwhile, in Bosnia...
that I began on Sunday...
In the process of backing up and editing files, I've wanted to make sure that I used the correct names for my pyramid pics. I went to check this out with the search engines, and I found an exceptional cross-section of the Great Pyramid.
I looked at this diagram's depiction of the Grand Gallery and I recalled my experience of walking up that dim, steep staircase after the Sun-and-Moon show above the pyramids had ended. The mnemonic neurons took hold again, and now I have these images to share:
The third photo directly above shows what the light level was like inside the Grand Gallery... and I cannot say enough about how precisely engineered the vaulted (or I suppose "corbelled") walls were. Dragging stone blocks up mud ramps, my a*&.
Anyway, as the black-and-white diagram above indicates (more or less), you almost have to go down on hands and knees to enter the coffin chamber in the middle of the pyramid... because the only way in is a less-than-meter-high passage that runs for about 10 or 12 feet.
I certainly wouldn't want to discourage anyone from going inside the pyramids. I mean, they're the Giza pyramids. But knowing what's in store inside, perhaps some might prefer the attractions on the outside. Just don't try to climb them (in the daylight).
Meanwhile, in Bosnia...
It's all sunshine and sand on the outside.
But inside the Great Pyramid, even
non-claustrophobes might nut up.
mr damon, 01:10
2 Comments:
sniff, sniff, i smell extraterrestials.
whoa, well, i can certainly see NOT climbing these in daytime. did you get to the top at all??? do they even allow people to climb then?
I'm about to post a response to your questions, so that more people can know what's up.
Here's an answer (in an image) to your second question, though.
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