Weird News: The Caves Beneath Giza
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
The possibility of an extensive network of caverns beneath the Giza Necropolis is a prospect equally terrifying and tantalizing. Who among us can resist the wonders of a potential real life basis for the Egyptian underworld? Who among us is courageous enough not to shudder at the sheer ancientness of this place, let alone the untold valley of death below barely registering in our historical memory? You have to hand it to the Egyptians, though. Even after thousands of years, the empire of the Pharaohs continues to haunt our heads--conjuring mysteries in science, art, and literature that truly breathes a weird atmosphere.
