In 1588, a German traveler named Zamut Kichel visited Giza without hired guards due to limited funds and climbed the shaft inside the Great Pyramid, one of the earliest accounts of this passage. His account suggests the shaft was never fully sealed. He only reached the Queen's Chamber, which smelled foul and held debris. He was robbed multiple times during his journey too. Kichel's visit is key evidence about how access to the pyramid was maintained after the ascending passage was blocked.
Zamut Kichel's 1588 climb of the shaft in the Great Pyramid
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- German traveler Zamut Kichel visited Giza in 1588 without hired janisaries due to limited funds
- Kichel climbed the entire shaft in the Great Pyramid, one of the earliest accounts of this passage
- His account suggests the shaft was likely never plugged beyond a token sealing at the top or bottom
- This is important evidence for how access into the Great Pyramid may have been maintained after the ascending passage was sealed with plug stones
- Shortly after Kichel's visit the bottom of the shaft was blocked with debris, and a granite plug stone fragment was dropped from the Grand Gallery
- Kichel only reached the Queen's Chamber, which smelled of death and contained excavation debris; he never saw the pharaoh's tomb
- Kichel was robbed multiple times on the journey to and from Cairo
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