Egypt tried to delete this footage... but they couldn't.
1 For educational purposes only. Never climb the pyramids. Always respect historical sites.
In 2016, an 18-year-old from Germany, Andrej Ciesielski, did the unthinkable:
he illegally climbed the Great Pyramid of Giza and filmed the entire ascent on a GoPro.
He waited for the perfect moment, slipped away from the crowd, and started climbing the 146-meter ancient monument. Halfway up, Egyptian police spotted him and threatened him with up to three years in prison.
But he kept climbing.
At the summit, he filmed a 360° view almost no modern human has ever seen. When he came down, authorities detained him immediately and forced him to delete every photo and video.
But here's the twist:
He later recovered all the "deleted" footage after returning home.
And what happened next?
🇵🇾He received a lifetime ban from Egypt.
📷His footage went viral worldwide.
He continued climbing skyscrapers and monuments, becoming one of the most controversial "rooftoppers" on the internet.
Illegal? Yes.
Dangerous? Absolutely.
But the story became one of the wildest moments in modern Egyptology.
Some moments are unforgettable... but this is one you should never trv vourself.