Egypt closes Great Pyramid after rumors of rituals

Egypt closes Great Pyramid after rumors of rituals

CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's antiquities authority closed the largest of the Giza pyramids Friday following rumors that groups would try to hold spiritual ceremonies on the site at 11:11 A.M. on Nov. 11, 2011.

The authority's head Mustafa Amin said in a statement Friday that the pyramid of Khufu, also known as Cheops, would be closed to visitors until Saturday morning for "necessary maintenance."

The closure follows a string of unconfirmed reports in local media that unidentified groups would try to hold "Jewish" or "Masonic" rites on the site to take advantage of mysterious powers coming from the pyramid on the rare date.

Amin called all reports of planned ceremonies at the site "completely lacking in truth."

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So, the Pyramids are competing with Stonehenge now as a place for flakes to gather, because a bunch of idiots, using a calendar that is centered around an arbitrary start date, have a fixation with "matchy-matchy" numbers?

:rofl:

It's really silly.

:evilgrin:

:sarcasm: