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Topics: Social Media, TikTok, News, World News
Britt Jones
Topics: Social Media, TikTok, News, World News
A video showing the scary reality of visiting the Egyptian pyramids might put you off ever wanting to visit them.
In a TikTok video posted by @touchdalight, also known as Carmie Sellitto, the YouTuber takes a tour inside of the famous pyramids of Egypt, showing viewers what it would be like to wander around one of the country's most famous landmarks.
He wrote in the caption: "You need to be seriously careful if you come here."
You can see his video here:
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Sellitto took to TikTok to share his experience before listing off three reasons why people should 'never visit' the Pyramids, with his first reason being the amount of walking and steps you have to take.
To get inside of the main part of the pyramid, he shared that you have to climb on your knees for quite a bit.
"You have to climb on your knees for about 30-40 minutes, It gets tiring, it's like an obstacle course." he said.
Sellitto's friend can also be seen hitting her head on a tunnel-like walkway, which he described as 'quite dangerous'.
The video shows just how much ducking and weaving it takes to manoeuvre around the tight walking spaces, with visitors appearing to hang onto the bannisters for dear life.
But the rest of his reasons take a less serious turn.
He says that the lack of air conditioning is also a big ‘no no’, adding that 'we were living in 2023'.
Sellitto then states that the third reason to never visit the pyramids was that the experience was 'so epic, you won’t experience anything like it again'.
But this isn't the only narrow walkway you can find, as scientists recently discovered a nine-metre hidden passageway inside the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Hidden within the largest pyramid in Giza, the Pyramid of Khufu, this little gem was only noticed just months ago.
The Egyptian tourism and antiquities minister announced the finding back in March of this year, and now we could be closer than ever to understanding it's use.
As found by the team from project Scan Pyramid, the researchers aren’t certain what this passageway is for just yet.
The group is currently part of a mission to see the inside of pyramids by using technology such as scanners and infrared thermography.
Having continued their efforts since 2015, they are slowly beginning to understand what different functions pyramids have within them.
According to Mostafa Waziri, the head of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, apparently the ceiling of the tunnel shows it was built to relieve the weight of the pyramid.
Though there's still some confusion over other elements of the tunnel.
He said: “But a big question mark hangs over whether this corridor was created to relieve the weight on the [main] entrance or lighten the load on a space yet to be discovered.”
"Scanning work will continue to uncover more secrets.”