Braille Drawing: Great Pyramid of Giza
Size: 11 rows, 27 cells
By: René Holzhauer (2025)
Dedicated to Dr Hilde Michael and her class
Here we go!
Row 1:
space 12 times, WAS, g, question mark
Row 2:
space 10 times, capital sign, t, a, space, dot 4, OU, apostrophe
Row 3:
space 9 times, WAS, f, space 5 times, d, question mark
Row 4:
space 7 times, capital sign, t, a, space 7 times, dot 4, OU, apostrophe
Row 5:
space 6 times, WAS, f, space 3 times, dots 56, OF, space 6 times, d, question mark
Row 6:
space 4 times, capital sign, t, a, space 4 times, dots 45, g 2 times, OF, question mark, space 4 times, dot 4, OU, apostrophe
Row 7:
space 3 times, WAS, f, space 10 times, d, ER, question mark, space 4 times, d, question mark
Rows 8:
space, capital sign, t, a, space 9 times, FOR, hyphen 3 times, x, colon, hyphen, space 2 times, hyphen, colon, full stop, apostrophe
Row 9:
WAS, AND, hyphen 18 times, x 6 times, question mark
Row 10:
space 17 times, hyphen, colon, c
Row 11:
space 10 times, hyphen 2 times, WERE, hyphen 2 times, colon, c
Description of the Drawing
Translated by AI: The braille drawing shows one of the three famous pyramids from the Giza pyramid complex: the Great Pyramid of Giza. It is not only the oldest and largest of the three, but also the tallest pyramid in the world (current height approx. 139 metres, side length approx. 230 metres). It is depicted in cross-section. The Great Pyramid of Giza is aligned very precisely with the north, which is the right-hand side in the braille drawing. In addition to the outline of the pyramid, three famous chambers and the passages leading to them are also shown.
On the right-hand side of the illustration, in rows 8 and 9, there are two entrances. The upper one is the original entrance; below it is the current entrance (accessible to tourists). The passages meet at the junction between the ascending and descending corridors. The Great Gallery follows the ascending corridor (it is over 8 metres high and 46 metres long). At its upper end, after another corridor, lies the King’s Chamber. At the lower end of the Great Gallery, a horizontal passage branches off. It leads to the Queen’s Chamber (shown as a full cell). Inside the pyramid there are several more shafts that are not shown in the braille drawing. The third chamber lies beneath the pyramid. The descending corridor (lines 10 and 11) extends 30 metres downwards. After that, a horizontal passage leads to the Subterranean Chamber. After the chamber, the passage continues a little further to the left.
