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There are so many mysterious stories about the Great Pyramid of Giza, but most of the people curious about curses of the Pharaohs. Nothing happened until February 2nd, 1929 when an archaeologist named Lord Carnarvon and his partners disturbed the tomb of Tutankhamun. Here they found priceless treasures and many golden objects and gemstones. However, the thing which makes the tomb explorer surprised is the curse: “Who disturbs the rest of Pharaohs must die”. In fact, after a short period of time, most of the people who had explored the Pyramid of Giza died with no reason. To begin with, Lord Carnarvon died after he had said: “I feel like I am going to hell”. Another person, Arthur Mace, an American archaeologist complained that he felt tired and insisted on entering the Pyramid at night. After that, he was found dead of unknown cause. Many people who had explored the Pyramid had unusual deaths. For six years after the first exploration, a statistic had shown that there were 12 explorers dead.
Besides the curse of Tutankhamen, people also interested in the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The Pyramid was built from limestone, bazan stone and granite after whittle carefully. When it completed, the surface of Pyramid was facing with flag stone. As a result, the construction brightened under the sunshine and even the moonlight.
Many scholars argued and presented their views about the way how Pyramid of Giza was built. Herodotus believed many blocks of stone were used to build the Pyramid. All of them were put in the position by moving it on short wooden scaffolds. Another supposition is many big flagstones were dragged on the gradient to reach required height, which was introduced by Diodorus Siculus. Maybe those blocks o...

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.... If you are brave enough, try riding a camel to go around the Pyramid like a real Egypt, which is really interesting. Riding a horse is also a good choice. Only do you ride a horse in the desert you understand the culture of this country as well as the majesty of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Moreover, nothing better than watching the sunrise behind the tip of the Pyramid.
On the other hand, in terms of performing arts and the culinary culture of Egypt, it is not really linked to the tourism. People often only remember the majesty of the landscape or admiration before the massive structures but rarely remember the dishes or what kind of arts in this country. Maybe Egypt should focus more on those fields combined with the value of landscapes, history and culture to improve the number of visitors to the Egypt and make it not just stop at the 9.5 million in 2013 as well.

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