(October 23, 2016 at 6:32 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Every one says the GP was robbed in antiquity but no one has ever figured out how. When the Caliph al Mamoum broke into it in the 9th century he found it as it is now.
http://www.gizapyramid.com/newtour2.htm
Quote:As far as we know, the first people to enter the great pyramid since the time of its contruction were the Arabs in 820 AD. Under caliph, Al Mamoun, the Arabs broke into the great pyramid (since they could not find the hidden entrance) by boring into the limestone with crude instruments. After months they did manage to break in and find the descending passage.
Quote:The only object that Al Mamun's men found in the Great Pyramid was the coffin in the King's Chamber. They searched frantically to find treasure but found nothing.
T'is a mystery..... unless it was never designed as a tomb.
As I understand it the ancient kings used to rob their ancestors' tombs for funds to build their own monuments, etc., so the current Pharaoh could have ordered the pyramid opened, looted, and sealed back up without being challenged.
