The Archive Incident Report #0304251035
Type: Anomaly
Category: S 1102.2 (spatial/temporal, causality, mirroring)
Subject: AC-2017-NA-27, “The Pyramid of Azig”
Location: [REDACTED]
Reporting Archivist: B23 “Doug”

Anomaly was reported to the regional field archive by the property owner, a farmer who had first uncovered it while attempting to use a combine harvester to plow an alfalfa field. He reported breaking into a “chamber” that seemed to be carved out of bedrock, and noted what looked like toolmarks. Even though the field had been plowed and maintained for years–“since granddad’s granddad”–this particular anomaly had never been noted before and was not present on surveyor documents dating back to 1812.

After the regional field archive responded, the anomaly was escalated and Archivist B23 “Doug” was summoned. She led a team of 7 into the opening, which was soon discovered to be a rough-hewn chamber approximately 14 meters by 8 meters by 4 meters, cut into the living rock, and with a passage descending still further. This passage eventually linked to others, and it was at this point that a member of B23’s team recognized the architecture: the structure that has been discovered was an exact 1:1 scale reproduction of the Great Pyramid at Giza, only upside-down. The farmer had broken into what, at Giza, was the lowest subterranean chamber but, here, was its highest.

Additional excavations were undertaken as time and budget permitted, and some experiments were run with the generous cooperation of the Cairo archive. It was determined that the reversed pyramid matched that at Giza exactly, but did not reflect any changes made to the pyramid post-classical antiquity. There were no blundering excavation shafts, for instance, nor any graffiti. The sarcophagus in the “king’s chamber” was present, on the ceiling. An experiment was undertaken in which a small cut was made in the stone at Giza, and then in a different stone at the site; neither seemed to affect the other.

Spectrographic analysis showed that the bedrock and stones were local to the area, but no quarry site could be determined. The bottom-most layers–what would have been the outside, at Giza–were coated with polished white limestone, though what purpose this could possibly have served is unknown. It seems that the pyramid was constructed approximately 2600 BC, at roughly the same time as the original, by persons or beings unknown.

Result: Upper layers filled with rebar-reinforced concrete to seal. Farmer compensated. Site tagged for future investigation pending available budget, time, archivists.

Notes From Head Archivist:
There will, sadly, probably never be the time or budget to properly investigate this anomaly unless more like it are discovered. Archivist B23 suggested opening it as a tourist attraction to generate funds, but the negative effects such as the promotion of pseudoscience and cults outweigh any possible monetary gain at this time.