Video argues Step Pyramid's southern shaft parallels the Great Pyramid

August 05, 2024EgyptGeneralShare

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Key facts

• The documented central shaft beneath the Step Pyramid is 28 m (92 ft) deep and 7 m (23 ft) square and leads to the burial chamber.
• The roughly 8,900-foot figure describes the Great Pyramid's much longer southern-shaft route, not an 8,900-foot-deep, 45-foot-wide shaft in the Step Pyramid.
• Djoser's burial chamber has a granite roof and granite portcullis, but it is not a 32-piece granite box equivalent to the King's Chamber.
• The pyramid comprises six stacked mastabas on a base of about 358 by 410 ft and was built for Djoser by Vizier Imhotep about 4,700 years ago.
• The underground complex at Saqqara contains nearly 6 km (3.7 miles) of chambers and galleries.
• The video argues that the Step Pyramid's southern shaft parallels the Great Pyramid's and presents a particle-accelerator analogy; these are the video's interpretations, not established archaeological conclusions.

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