Egypt Gives Chephren Pyramid a Breather // High Humidity Threatens After 4,600 Years

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: October 12, 1995| Author: DALIA BALIGH | Copyright information

CAIRO, Egypt Neither wars nor earthquakes nor Mother Nature dampened the allure of Chephren, one of the three famed pyramids of Giza. But the breath of millions of tourists did.

Egyptian antiquities officials put a fist-sized padlock on its yellow, iron door Tuesday, closing it for three months so vacuums can suck out humid air sapping its structural strength and restorers can preserve its flaking, limestone walls.

"We are really giving the pyramid a rest for the first time,...

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