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Now, you enter the Red Pyramid for the first time. The original height of the pyramid was approximately 343 feet, while each side measured 722 feet. Modern steps have been installed to ease the ascension to the opening which is 94 feet above the ground level and between 12 - 13 feet east of center. Here is the internal layout of the pyramid, which consists of three chambers:
The first passageway descends at an angle of approx. 27 degrees at a length of approx 206 feet:
The end of the descending passageway empties into a level corridor that is approx. 25 feet long. This corridor leads into the first of three chambers:
The top of the stairs lead to a final passageway which is about 23 feet long. This passageway ends at the third and final chamber:
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second chamber has similar dimensions to that of the first. It is exceptional in that it
is one of the only pyramid chambers to lie directly beneath the centerpoint or apex of the
pyramid. At the south end, a staircase has been installed to allow access to the final
chamber, the entrance for which is located approx. 25 feet above the floor of this second
chamber:
