22 Seldom-Seen Photos From Inside Famous Monuments

Daniel Bonfiglio Published 08/07/2024 in wow

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 a clock face of the Elizabeth Tower, (St Stephen's Tower), at Westminster, 1920.
2.
Looking up from the inside of the Tower of Pisa.
3.
Inside the arm of Christ the Redeemer statue.
4.
Shaft C inside the great sphinx of Giza. It is a square shaft, with a dead-end.
5.
Archeologists dining inside the tomb of Pharaoh Ramses XI in 1923.
6.
The Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
7.
Inside Photo of the Taj Mahal.
8.
Inside the top of the Chrysler Building.
9.
The inside of Mollabashi House in Iran.
10.
Inside the Eiffel tower top which was supposed to be a secret apartment.
11.
Tunnel under the giant pyramid of Cholula; the world’s largest pyramid, hidden under a hill in Mexico.
12.
Inside the Statue of Liberty.
13.
A different angle.
14.
“Inside Hawara pyramid. Deeper inside than this was too dark for decent photography! No interior lighting due to the water I guess.”
15.
Lincoln Memorial, roof from the inside.
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.
17.
Inside the Great Pyramid of Giza.
18.
Looking upwards from inside the Vatican sanctuary in Italy.
19.
This is what the inside of the Colosseum looks like in 2024.
20.
The inside of the Sydney opera house showing the roof “ribs.”
21.
Pantheon museum visitors inside the only ancient Roman building that has remained intact for over 2,000 years. 1990.
22.
The Statue of Liberty’s face on the inside.

1.
Inside a clock face of the Elizabeth Tower, (St Stephen's Tower), at Westminster, 1920.
2.
Looking up from the inside of the Tower of Pisa.
3.
Inside the arm of Christ the Redeemer statue.
4.
Shaft C inside the great sphinx of Giza. It is a square shaft, with a dead-end.
5.
Archeologists dining inside the tomb of Pharaoh Ramses XI in 1923.
6.
The Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
7.
Inside Photo of the Taj Mahal.
8.
Inside the top of the Chrysler Building.
9.
The inside of Mollabashi House in Iran.
10.
Inside the Eiffel tower top which was supposed to be a secret apartment.
11.
Tunnel under the giant pyramid of Cholula; the world’s largest pyramid, hidden under a hill in Mexico.
12.
Inside the Statue of Liberty.
13.
A different angle.
14.
“Inside Hawara pyramid. Deeper inside than this was too dark for decent photography! No interior lighting due to the water I guess.”
15.
Lincoln Memorial, roof from the inside.
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.
17.
Inside the Great Pyramid of Giza.
18.
Looking upwards from inside the Vatican sanctuary in Italy.
19.
This is what the inside of the Colosseum looks like in 2024.
20.
The inside of the Sydney opera house showing the roof “ribs.”
21.
Pantheon museum visitors inside the only ancient Roman building that has remained intact for over 2,000 years. 1990.
22.
The Statue of Liberty’s face on the inside.