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candles have to be used inside the pyramids. It is so slippery that we took our boots off. The passage runs down a slope first & then up & up. Foot holes have been cut to make it safer. The passages are this shaped & up [See image for drawings] them the sarcopagus had to be dragged. When the draggers needed a rest they place a stave across the passage in the holes shown. The king' s tomb (Cheops) was not found in the King' s Chambers but in the exact centre of the pyramid 225 ½ ft. above the foundations & 225 ½ ft. from the apex
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