Osiris tomb

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The Osiris Grave (English: Osiris Shaft ) is an underground tomb near the pyramids of Giza in Egypt and was discovered and documented by the Egyptologist Selim Hassan during his excavations in 1933 and 1934 . On May 4, 2016 from “Focus online”, Zahi Hawass falsely claimed in an online video and the associated article “Archaeological sensation found in pyramid”, as in the ZDF report Rätsel in Stein , that he personally discovered this facility .

The entrance is on the way to the Chephren pyramid . The facility was explored by Zahi Hawass from 2008. It is about 30 meters deep and has three levels, which are connected by shafts. It is unclear whether connecting tunnels lead to the pyramids or the Sphinx .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Osiris grave - archaeological sensation found in pyramid , on focus.de
  2. ^ Zahi Hawass: The Discovery of the Osiris Shaft at Giza. In: Zahi Hawass, Janet Richards, David O'Connor: The archeology and art of ancient Egypt. Essays in honor of David B. O'Connor Volume 1 (= Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Egypte. Volume 36). Conseil suprême des antiquités de l'Egypte, Le Caire 2007, ISBN 978-977-437-241-4 , p. 379 ff. Full text as PDF file
  3. ^ Zahi A. Hawass: The Mysterious Osiris Shaft of Giza. ( Memento from April 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) On: drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass's blog)
  4. ↑ Photos on the pages of Gregor Spörri . On: thelostgod.com  ; last accessed on July 31, 2015.
  5. ^ Matthias Schulz: Archeology. Island in the underworld. In: Der Spiegel . Issue 44/2000.
  6. ↑ The Osiris tomb. Mysterious system of burial chambers ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zdf.de archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Terra X - Riddles in Stone - The Sphinx. from August 25, 2006, on: zdf.de  ; last accessed on July 31, 2015.

Coordinates: 29 ° 58 ′ 31.5 ″  N , 31 ° 8 ′ 8.1 ″  E