A search for truth
Dr David Jeffreys, an Egyptologist at University College London, has suggested that Houdin’s theory is “far-fetched and horribly complicated”. Houdin has countered this by saying that his theory is actually no more complicated than the idea of building a 1.6-kilometre-long external ramp leading up to the top of the pyramid.
Dr Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s former Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs, seemed to initially consider Houdin’s theory as a possibility. However, in a 2009 interview Hawass stated that Houdin’s theory is “completely wrong” and “the theory of other theorists”. Houdin invited Hawass to lead the survey of the pyramid.