Around 450 BC, Herodotus described a subterranean royal labyrinth shown to him by Egyptian priests. No surviving text identifies it as Giza’s Osiris Shaft. The video argues that the two match, but that identification is not established. John Perring documented the shaft in 1837, and Zahi Hawass’s team excavated it beginning in 1995.
Video claims Herodotus described Giza’s Osiris Shaft
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- Herodotus visited Egypt around 450 BC and described a subterranean royal labyrinth shown to him by Egyptian priests, not local villagers.
- No surviving passage by Herodotus identifies that labyrinth with Giza’s Osiris Shaft or its third level; the proposed match is the video presenter’s interpretation.
- John Perring documented the shaft in 1837, and Zahi Hawass’s team excavated it beginning in 1995, not in the 1930s.
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