Star shaft

Star shafts are narrow ducts leading out of ancient structures such as Egyptian pyramids.

A vertical section of the Great Pyramid of Giza

Great Pyramid of Giza

In the Great Pyramid of Giza there are two narrow shafts, in the north and south walls of the King's Chamber. Alexandre M. Badawy suggested that the shafts pointed to Orion's Belt during the period of the construction of the Giza pyramid complex.[1] It is thought that these openings were perhaps "air vents" for mummies or built to point to certain stars at the date of the pyramids construction.[2][3][1]

References
  1. Thomas Hockey (12 September 2011). How We See the Sky: A Naked-Eye Tour of Day and Night. University of Chicago Press. pp. 36–. ISBN 978-0-226-34578-9. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
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  3. ACSM Bulletin. American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
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