Guests to the Egyptian pyramids await charges for allegedly grabbing several historical objects on a trip to the sites last year Live Science reported Thursday.
Dominique Gorlitz and Stefan Erdmann of Germany entered the Great Pyramid at Giza in April 2013 with permission, along with a movie maker to detail their adventures and what they found when trying to show that their alternative history conspiracy theories through vandalism were true Live Science reported.
The trio reportedly made off with many items at the pyramids such as a cartouche sample of Pharoah Khufu or Cheops Live Science reported. The three then secretly exported the keepsakes from the country and did not abide by firm antiquites laws according to reports Live Science reported.
Six egyptians are also being detained for their association with the case Live Science reported. These include many Egyptian Antiquities Ministry guards, and inspectors
six Egyptians are being held in connection with the case, including several guards and inspectors from the Egyptian Antiquities Ministry
"Here's an archaeological shocker: Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids," Ken Feder, an archaeologist and anthropology professor at Central Connecticut State University told Live Science. "Contrary to what some purveyors of fantasy maintain, the technological skills necessary to construct the pyramids were not unknown in ancient Egypt. In actual fact, the Great Pyramid at Giza was the culmination of a lengthy, multigenerational, evolutionary process," Feder told Live Science.
Feder also had a book published in 2013 titled "Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology"
"Early attempts at true, geometric pyramid burial monuments resulted in spectacular screw-ups, including a 'collapsed' pyramid (the slope of the face of the monument was too steep)," Feder told Live Science. "In another attempt, cracks appeared in the lower part of the pyramid, again because the slope was too steep and one corner of the pyramid was positioned on a soft, sandy base," Feder told Live Science.
"Finally, the Egyptian builders were not above taking credit for their labors; workers sometimes actually incised dates onto pyramid blocks, and one piece of graffiti in a chamber in the Great Pyramid bears the phrase, 'We did this with pride in the name of our great King Khnum-Khuf another name for the Pharaoh Khufu," Feder told Live Science.
"There is no controversy concerning who built the pyramids," Feder told Live Science. "Anyone caught trying to rewrite this history through theft or subterfuge isn't doing archaeology. They're breaking the law and insulting the memory of the thousands of ancient workers whose labors produced one of the wonders of the ancient world," Feder told Live Science.
