The Great Pyramid (left) is the only standing monument of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Photos: Norma Meyer/TNS
Let’s hope the “mummy’s curse” isn’t real. Because I’m sweatily crouching through a claustrophobic tunnel inside Egypt’s iconic Great Pyramid on my climb to its 4,500-year-old royal burial chamber.
Dangling from my necklace is an amulet charm – the protective Eye of Horus – because you can’t be too sure in this myth-mesmerising land of powerhouse pharaohs and ominous gods.
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