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PharoahKel · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2003 5:57 pm Post subject: Pyramid climbing

i read in an outdated book that you are not allwoed to climb the great pyramid anymore? is that true?
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murphyz · Scribe Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 76 Location: London, UK

yip, I think it was banned in about 1988 due to the fact it was deemed unsafe to do so. You can still get up with special permission or bribes, but even if you do bribe most of the guards there is still the 'head guard' who would shoot as soon as seeing you.

Permission is mostly granted to those like the discovery channel who the cash.

It's patrolled 24 hours a day so you can't even sneak up there at night.

Mxx
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Neith · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2003 5:21 pm Post subject:

Well, oficially it isn't allowed, but you can climb it without permission. Just give the guarding policeman a pound and he'll let you climb it. I think it applies for the great pyramid too, but I'm not 100% sure...
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Ramses · Prince/Princess Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 377

And my gym teacher told me that a long time ago he climbed the Sphinx.
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nefertikaure · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2003 10:44 pm Post subject:

Quite a few people have fallen from the pyramids and died. That's one of the main reasons why climbing them is forbidden.
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Neith · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 6:40 pm Post subject:

I meant the Egyptian pound.
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Ramses · Prince/Princess Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 377

I don't think people should climb it because it might damage the pyramid.
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Meritaton · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 2:50 pm Post subject:

Ankhesenamun3 · Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 12:19 am Post subject:

Thats crazy Shocked

I would be afraid to climb them it looks dangerous and I am afraid of hieghts. Rolling Eyes

Ramses · Prince/Princess Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 377

i'm scared of heights too but death doesn't sound scary. In fact, the fields of Iaru are a wonderful place.
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Dark_Meryetamun_28 · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 9:20 pm Post subject:

Iaru?
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Neith · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 6:39 pm Post subject:

Did you climb the pyramids, Meritaton? Just curious...
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Meritaton · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 1:50 pm Post subject:

Nooo... I could resist the temptation Smile

I would never do it 'cause if everyone would climb the pyramid, it would damage it. I can imagine how wonderful could it be to be on the top of a pyramid and look around, but if you want to see a beautiful panorama, go to the Citadel.

Ramses · Prince/Princess Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 377

What would happen if someone climbed a pyramid in ancient Egypt, and it was during the New Kingdom?
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