Egypt opens ancient pyramids for first time since 1960s

New York Post ^ | July 15, 2019

[rdl6989]

CAIRO — Egypt on Saturday opened two of its oldest pyramids, located about 25 miles south of the capital Cairo, to visitors for the first time since 1965.

Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Anany told reporters that tourists were are now allowed to visit the Bent Pyramid and its satellite pyramid in the Dahshur royal necropolis, which is part of the Memphis Necropolis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

[rdl6989]

CAIRO — Egypt on Saturday opened two of its oldest pyramids, located about 25 miles south of the capital Cairo, to visitors for the first time since 1965.

Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Anany told reporters that tourists were are now allowed to visit the Bent Pyramid and its satellite pyramid in the Dahshur royal necropolis, which is part of the Memphis Necropolis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

[rdl6989]

Pyramid ping.

[Berosus]

I thought it was unsafe to go into the Bent Pyramid. The inside has been reinforced to prevent a cave-in.

[MrEdd]

All the old paintings on the tombs
They do the sand dance don’t you know
If they move too quick (oh whey oh)
They’re falling down like a domino

[SunkenCiv]

It's part of Zahi Hawass' lifelong campaign of destroying ancient monuments by turning the whole country into a theme park.

[cuban leaf]

Tourism must be down.

I think the Pyramids in Vegas are probably cooler anyway. :)

[Wuli]

Why in the hell does any sovereign nation give a dam what UNESCO thinks about any of their national heritage sites? It - UNESCO and its official stamp of global “Heritage” sites - is just idiocy and sovereign surrender to the U.N. on a matter that is none of the U.N.’s business.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks rdl6989. Apparently the pharaoh got bent at some point, or went on a bender. Okay, I'll stop now.

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, those pyramids are the main reason people go to Vegas. ;^)

[null and void]

I think the Pyramids in Vegas are probably cooler anyway. :)

Unlike the ones in Egypt, they have air conditioning...

[rdl6989]

Agreed, I wouldn’t want to go inside it.

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, watch it -- what happens in Vegas is supposed to stay in Vegas.

[sparklite2]

I can see the advertisement now.

“Get Bent!”

[sparklite2]

Hey, watch it — what happens in Vegas is supposed to stay in Vegas.

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I like what some comedian said about it.

“What happened in Vegas turns five in February.”

[bigbob]

Also known as the Bill Clinton Pyramid.

[SunkenCiv]

LOL

[dfwgator]

What Goes Up? - Alan Parsons Project

What goes up must come down
What must rise must fall
And what goes on in your life
Is writing on the wall!

If all things must fall
Why build a miracle at all?
If all things must pass
Even a miracle won’t last

What goes up must come down
What must stand alone
And what goes on in your mind
Is turning into stone!

If all things must fall
Why build a miracle at all?
If all things must pass
Even a pyramid won’t last

How can you be so sure?
How do you know what the end will endure?
How can you be so sure
That the wonders you’ve made in your life will be seen
By the millions who’ll follow to visit the site
Of your dream?
What goes up must come down
What goes ‘round must come ‘round
What’s been lost must be found

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eIx5mqWUKM

[SunkenCiv]

:^)

[SunkenCiv]

https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/217266-secrets-of-the-pyramids-researchers-will-use-muon-tomography-to-search-for-hidden-chambers-construction-methods

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/10/04/new-evidence-explains-how-the-great-pyramid-of-giza-was-built/