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Pharaoh's Obelisk
Khufu Pyramid: Passage to Queen's Chamber
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You are here: the descending passage

Length: 35 meters
Width: 1.75 meters
Height: 1.75 meters

This passage stretches horizontally between the Grand Gallery and the Queen's Chamber.

To the Queen's Chamber
To the Lower Grand Gallery



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