Man illegally climbs Great Pyramid, takes epic photograph

Climbing the Egyptian pyramids is illegal.

Period.



But one man recently decided to throw caution - and laws protecting ancient structures - to the wind and climb one anyway.

He was threatened with three years in prison for the deed, but got a really cool picture out of it.

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