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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1852/00/00 Leavitt Hunt Visitor Leavitt Hunt makes a calotype photograph of the Great Sphinx and the Pyramids at Giza. Leavitt Hunt's Grand Tour
1852/00/00 Richard Morris Hunt Visitor Leavitt Hunt makes a calotype photograph of the Great Sphinx and the Pyramids at Giza. Leavitt Hunt's Grand Tour
1891/00/00 Eric Pape Life Using ropes to keep himself from falling off, Eric Pape sleeps overnight, with vultures circling overhead, atop the grand pyramid.
1908/03/00 Agatha Christie Visitor Agatha Christie visits Cairo and the Pyramids in Giza. After the trip, Agatha will be inspired to write a novel, Snow Upon the Desert. Set in Cairo, the novel remains unpublished.
1921/03/20 T E Lawrence Visitor Winston Churchill, Clementine, Lawrence of Arabia, and Gertrude Bell visit the pyramids.
1921/03/20 Winston Churchill Visitor Winston Churchill, Clementine, Lawrence of Arabia, and Gertrude Bell visit the pyramids.

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Particulars for Great Pyramid of Khufu:
Area of Significance Architecture
Sight Category Building
Sight Category Structure




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