Climbing the Great Pyramid of Giza, or any of the 118 Egyptian pyramids for that matter, is forbidden. To see what’s on top, tourists often take paragliding tours of these monuments. However, when a paramotorist signed up for one, he was not expecting to see a dog chasing birds there.Alex Lang was flying above the Great Pyramid, which is the largest of the three pyramids in Egpyt’s Giza, when he noticed some movement on its apex. It turned out to be one of the most random finds in the site’s history as he realised a dog had just casually scaled what was the tallest human-built structure for about 4,000 years.Footage shared by the paramotorist with Storyful shows the canine walking along one of the topmost courses on the pyramid.“The dog was barking at birds,” Lang recalled.
The incident occurred on Monday, October, 14, with the video going viral on Instagram shortly after.“If he [the dog]pees there, all Egypt belongs to him,” read a comment.Another joked, “Not a dog. That is the Egyptian God Anubis. He is considered the guide of the dead in the afterlife and the protector of the tombs. That's why it is over the pyramid.”“I wonder how long it took him. I want him to come down and get some water,” said a third user.It remains unclear whether the pyramid-climbing dog was ultimately rescued from his little adventure. However, it’s unlikely that the stray animal would face any consequences for breaking a rule set by humans.The incident also brought the security in Giza under scrutiny, as many question the efforts undertaken by the local government to preserve its Pyramid Age architectural and archaeological heritage.It’s illegal to climb the Great Pyramid of Giza and it amounts to three years in jail. Violations can also be fined between 10,000 and 100,000 Egyptian pounds.
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