10 Totally Unexpected Finds People Discovered in Their Backyards

A tunnel to the Great Pyramid of Cheops

One of the residents of El Haraneya village, near the legendary Giza Plateau in Egypt, was digging in his backyard and stumbled upon a mysterious tunnel. This was probably a hidden passage to the largest and oldest of the three Giza pyramids — the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops).

The tunnel was described by Herodotus, the Ancient Greek historian who had visited Egypt.