Thanks to the internet, most of us have seen photos of the world's greatest monuments, if not been to them in person. But unless you've forked up a hefty fee, you likely have never been inside the vast majority.
These 22 photos aim to show off some seldom-seen angles of the world's most famous places, that you hopefully haven't seen before. At the very least, I know for a fact you haven't been inside the great Sphinx.
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Inside the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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Inside Photo of the Taj Mahal.
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The Statue of Liberty’s face on the inside.
4
Lincoln Memorial, roof from the inside.
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Archeologists dining inside the tomb of Pharaoh Ramses XI in 1923.
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Tunnel under the giant pyramid of Cholula; the world’s largest pyramid, hidden under a hill in Mexico.
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The inside of the Sydney opera house showing the roof “ribs.”
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Shaft C inside the great sphinx of Giza. It is a square shaft, with a dead-end.
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The Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
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Inside the top of the Chrysler Building.
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The inside of Mollabashi House in Iran.
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Inside the Eiffel tower top which was supposed to be a secret apartment.
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Inside the Statue of Liberty.
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“Inside Hawara pyramid. Deeper inside than this was too dark for decent photography! No interior lighting due to the water I guess.”
16
Big Ben, the Great Bell of the striking clock inside the clock tower on the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London.
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Pantheon museum visitors inside the only ancient Roman building that has remained intact for over 2,000 years. 1990.
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This is what the inside of the Colosseum looks like in 2024.
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Inside the arm of Christ the Redeemer statue.
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Inside a clock face of the Elizabeth Tower, (St Stephen's Tower), at Westminster, 1920.
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Looking up from the inside of the Tower of Pisa.
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Looking upwards from inside the Vatican sanctuary in Italy.
