. . . . .The entrance to the great pyramid of
Cheops can be seen just above the camel rider's head. Even though a
steady stream of people enter through a passage that is just behind
the rider. This entrance was forced into the pyramid be Caliph
Ma'amun and his men in the 9th century A.D. They were in search of a
fabled treasure, their efforts were in vane as the treasure had long
ago been plundered. This passage is roughly hacked into the huge
structure, it later meets a descending corridor that was built for
the journey of the pharaoh Cheops into his burial chamber.
