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PYRAMID OF CHEOPS<br />

Secret Chamber of Herodote<br />

SOUTH<br />

CUBITS<br />

113.7<br />

PYRAMID<br />

NATURAL ROCK<br />

NORTH<br />

METERS<br />

59.6<br />

CUBIT OP 52I^..1I;8 MM<br />

55.1 1<br />

DEAD END UNFINISHED CHAMBER DESCENDING GALLERY<br />

r^ 1<br />

.^^<br />

.<br />

28.9<br />

39.3 PRESENT NILE<br />

EXPLORED<br />

WELL<br />

20.6<br />

33.0 PERRING 1837 „.,|<br />

19.6 ANCIENT NILE 10.3<br />

TO REDUCE THE HEIGHT OP THE CHAMBER TO \/\\. OF ITS ORIGINAL HEIGHT, AND CREATE<br />

A PRESSURE OF 6ij. ATMOSPHERES, THE OUTER WATER LEVEL HAS TO GO UP 6i|.0 METERS,<br />

This drawing shows the possible location of a secret chamber under<br />

the Pyramid of Cheops, according to Herodotus and other ancient<br />

writers. Because of its pyramidal shape, the outer water level would<br />

have to rise by 640 meters and create a pressure of 64 atmospheres<br />

to reduce the original height of the chamber to one quarter. If opened<br />

from the top, it would be flooded.

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