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Great Pyramid of Giza
The Great Gallery, a corridor 8.53 m high and 46.63 m long, led to the King's Chamber.
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23 facts about Great Pyramid of Giza
At the entrance to the Great Gallery there is a horizontal shaft leading to the descending corridor and a passage to the Queen's Chamber. This passage is 1.1 m high and only before the chamber itself it rises to 1.73 m.
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