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Pyramid of Khafre, Burial Chamber
Khafre Sarcophagus: Found Empty with Bovine Bones
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When Giovanni Belzoni opened Khafre's burial chamber in 1818, the granite sarcophagus was empty with its lid broken and displaced. Bones found inside were later identified as bovine (cattle), not human. No evidence of human burial has ever been found in Khafre's pyramid. If this was a tomb, where is the body? If the bovine bones are original, what was a cattle offering doing in a sealed sarcophagus? The broken lid suggests forced entry, but by whom and when? No treasure or grave goods were found.
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