Ceiling of the burial chamber
The rectangular antichamber, with the east end directly under the vertical axis of the pyramid. This chamber was probably constructed to help manoeuvre the granit lining of the actual burial chamber and to insert the huge granite beans of its ceiling. A passage opens in the wall of the chamber directly above the point where the horizontal passage enters.
4th dynasty, Pyramid of Menkaure
Ceiling of the burial chamber
The rectangular antichamber, with the east end directly under the vertical axis of the pyramid. This chamber was probably constructed to help manoeuvre the granit lining of the actual burial chamber and to insert the huge granite beans of its ceiling. A passage opens in the wall of the chamber directly above the point where the horizontal passage enters.
4th dynasty, Pyramid of Menkaure