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& he ducked for his life it was just as well for him for had we laid hands on him, he would have got something more than he bargained for.
The pyramids Cheops & Chephren stand on 13 acres of land, & are 482 ft high standing on the top, you would think anyone would be able to throw a stone with ease to the bottom, but I'll bet you can't, I have tried it often & can get no where near it, during my 4 months stay at Mena I climbed those pyramids dozens of times.
They are well worth a visit inside, first of all you go down a pretty steep incline at the bottom you turn to your right & climb a few enomorous rocks, once up these, you are on to a slippery sort of a passage with an incline of about 45 deg. leading upwards
towards the Kings chamber, of course you have a lighted candle with you you have to take your boots off to climb these slippery steps, the Kings chamber is about 150 ft off the ground & is a wonderful piece of work the size of the rocks in there is astonishing & they are cut as true as I think it is possible for stone to be cut, the chamber is built the shape of a room with a beautiful hip roff roof, the old Kings tomb is still in there but his body has gone long long ago, they reckon the Persians got it.
Young Duke & I climbed "Chephren" one day, it is very dangerous going up this one, as you have to cross the face of it several times & the last lap is as you can see from photo's up a face as smooth as glass, only here & there