There is a story, regrettably apocryphal, about Napoleon and the Great Pyramid. When Bonaparte visited Giza during his Nile expedition of 1798 (it goes), he determined to spend a night alone inside the King’s Chamber, the granite-lined vault that lies precisely in the center of the pyramid. This chamber is generally acknowledged as the spot [...]
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Inside the Great Pyramid
Posted: 1 September 2011 in Africa, C19th, C9th, Egypt, Historians and historiography, Mysteries, Sources3
