The Dawning of Light

Travel to the Giza plateau became a dangerous undertaking in the eighteenth century. Though Egypt was still nominally under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Turks, the traveler was likely to be robbed or killed by gangs of bandit or Arabs.

Not until the time of the American Revolution was any further discover of importance made at the Pyramid. In 1765, Nathaniel Davison was able to spend a vacation in Egypt in the company of Edward Wortley Montagu, and carefully explored the Pyramid.

The intrepid adventurer Davison tied a rope around his waist, and they lowered him down into the foreboding darkness below. The descent was well over one hundred feet into the abyss, but only sand and rubbish greeted him there below.

To Davidson it seemed stranged that anyone would go through such an enormous amount of effort to dig a shaft almost 200 feet deep into the heart of the Pyramid only to come to a dead end.

Not finding any reasonable answer Davison abandoned his quest and began to search for other secret features. As a result of his scrutiny today the Davison chamber bears his very name.

About the Author

Author: Ken Klein is a independent film producer and researcher. His examinations have illuminated mysteries surrounding the Great Pyramid. For a free tour of the Great Pyramid get his free Great Pyramid walk though video.