[glasffordd]

I was in Egypt in 2011, a couple months after the big riots. I was advised not to go and went anyway. It was well worth it. I went to the Great Pyramid at ten or eleven one morning and there were maybe a dozen people in the entire area. I went inside it completely alone, and the guard let me lie down inside the sarcophagus in the King's Chamber. I don't have a word for what the energy was like in there. Palpable to say the least. If I could do it over I'd have stayed in longer. I hired a driver and did the Red Pyramid and Saqqara the same way, alone. People can debate the ethics of opening tombs all day, but going inside one is something else. A new one still turning up in 2026 is just cool.

[derektank]

There’s some debate as to whether the Red pyramid itself is even a tomb at all, given the same Pharaoh (Sneferu) also constructed the Bent and Meidum pyramids and there’s no evidence of a sarcophagus or other burial equipment in any of them. Which we wouldn’t know if we had never explored them.

[adithyassekhar]

What made you want to lie down in a sarcophagus? Weren’t you afraid of any ancient bacteria from the mummy?

[bombcar]

Any bacteria that survived that many thousands of years would just give you superpowers anyway, I've seen the documentaries.

[mcphage]

> Weren’t you afraid of any ancient bacteria from the mummy?

I don't think we're certain that the sarcophagus ever contained a mummy.

[KyleTheDev]

Yea, could've been a daddy, maybe just some person who didn't have kids. Who's to say.

[mcphage]

Families come in all shapes and sizes, even for the ancient Egyptians!