Menkaure’s chambers include niche decorations unique to Giza and a vaulted ceiling in his burial chamber itself.

One Siberian mummy, the 2,500 year-old Ice Maiden, was quite literally frozen in a block of ice after her burial chamber flooded and the water quickly froze.

He also said that it might help reveal whether the burial chamber of King Khufu still existed inside the pyramid.

It has captivated visitors since it was built as a royal burial chamber some 4,500 years ago.

As a teenager he went on archaeological digs of his own, helping to excavate a Neolithic burial chamber and unearth artifacts that were preserved at a museum.