What did Napoleon see in the pyramid?

Napoleon would have reached the King's Chamber through a very tight ascending passageway, past the Queen's Chamber (a misnomer), and then through a taller corbelled passageway called the Grand Gallery. Once inside the King's Chamber, Napoleon would have seen that it was small and lined with thick granite blocks.



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