Great Pyramid of Giza, Section of the Grand Gallery
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The Grand Gallery features a corbel haloed design and several cut “sockets” spaced at regular intervals along the length of each side of its raised base with a “trench” running along its center length at floor level. What purpose these sockets served is unknown. An antechamber leads from the Grand Gallery to the King’s Chamber.
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cross section, internal view, interior, inside, Egyptian architecture, great pyramid of giza, ghizeh, Khufu's Pyramid, Pyramid of Khufu, pyramid of cheops, grand galleyGalleries
Egyptian ArchitectureSource
A. Rosengarten, W. Collett-Sandars A Handbook of Architectural Styles (New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895)
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