Newspaper Article

      This article found on Yahoo!News was titled "Egypt closes Great Pyramid after rumors of rituals". A couple of days ago it was announced that Egypt was closing down its Great Pyramid, also known as Khufu. People were suspecting it was closing it down, because there were rumors of spiritual rituals that wanted to be taken place around the pyramid. These rituals are said to have corresponded to the day 11/11/11/. For many people this day is thought to be 'magical'. However, another worry was that people wanted to do a 'pyramid hug' where over a hundred and twenty people would join hands and hug Khufu. Officials claim that they would be closing it down for maintenance reasons.
      Despite all these, Khufu still remained open on Friday. Officials kept security extra tight, and guards were patrolling the grounds. Some security guards with machine guns were stationed around the pyramid. It is important for people to know about this, because it is important to understand different cultures' ideologies and customs. It is interesting to discover other's ideologies. Another important reason is to know that measures will be taken to preserve ancient, historical artifacts important to the history of the world.