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German Tourist Illegally Climbs the Great Pyramid of Giza, Captures Amazing Shots

January 28, 2016

More than 4,500 years ago, the Great Pyramid of Giza was built. Until today, the last remaining Ancient World Wonder continues to capture the dreams and curiosity of people across the world. One of those people, German tourist Andrej Ciesielski, travelled to Cairo on a mission to climb the Great Pyramid despite the illegal nature of doing so. “Walking around in the complex I was waiting for the right moment to start climbing The Great Pyramid of Giza. When I started climbing a street seller was standing behind me but I didn’t care about him I turned around he laughed and I continued climbing,” writes Andrej on his blog. “At the half some people got attention on me and looked up too. That’s how the police spotted me. They shouted something in Arabic I think but I didn’t care and kept going while listening to music,” says Andrej, adding that it took him around eight minutes to reach the top and 20 minutes to climb down again. “It was absolutely surreal standing on top of one of the wonders of the world and something that I will never forget,” continues Andrej before revealing that…


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