Massive bedrock shafts discovered near Giza's Great Causeway

January 18, 2025

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Archaeologists have found massively deep shafts running into bedrock on the northern side of the Great Causeway at Giza. Some feature horizontal tunnels branching off them, similar to the enigmatic Osiris shaft. Some are attributed to the 26th Dynasty, though records of full excavation are hard to find 🏛️🔍

Key facts

Area around the Great Causeway of the middle pyramid is a mysterious part of the Giza Plateau
On the Northern side of the causeway there are massively deep shafts running into bedrock
These shafts appear to have horizontal shafts and tunnels branching off them
Some shafts are similar to the enigmatic Osiris shaft
Some shafts are attributed to the 26th Dynasty (later periods of ancient Egypt)
26th Dynasty burials were found in them, but it's unclear if they built them
The speaker cannot find records of them being fully excavated