Medieval Arabic accounts describe pyramids filled with talismans, treasures, bodies of kings, celestial knowledge & medicinal drugs. Ibn Wahshiyya (via Al-Maqrizi) recorded entrances described as 40 cubits deep on each side. These texts mention treasures including gold, crystal, and weapons inside. Caliph Al-Ma'mun broke into the Great Pyramid in 820 AD, not Al-Mutawakkil.
Medieval Islamic accounts describe pyramids storing treasures and knowledge
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- Ibn Wahshiyya (cited by Al-Maqrizi) recorded pyramids contained talismans, treasures, idols, bodies of Egyptian kings
- Pyramids reportedly contained celestial knowledge, medicinal drugs, poisons, and all Egyptian sciences
- Entrances to pyramids were 40 cubits below ground on each side, 100 cubits from center
- Pyramids described as 100 cubits tall and 100 cubits wide at base
- Al-Maqrizi recorded accounts of Caliph Al-Mutawakkil's attempt to breach a pyramid in 9th century AD
- They found 1,000 gold dinars (weighing 37.5g each) behind 20-cubit thick walls
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