Egyptian authorities have arrested two people accused of aiding a Danish couple to illegally climb the Great Pyramid and take nude pictures atop the ancient structure, the interior ministry said. 
 
 Danish photographer Andreas Hvid shared a video last week showing him scaling the 4,500-year-old Pyramid of Khufu on the outskirts of Cairo at night with an unidentified woman. 
 
 The near three-minute footage, which later showed the woman taking off her top and featured a photo of the couple in a naked embrace, has sparked considerable controversy in the conservative country. 
 
 The interior ministry said in a statement on Thursday that a man who works at the ancient Giza site on the western edge of Greater Cairo assisted the couple in climbing the pyramid in return for EGP 4,000 (approximately $223). 
 
 A woman who knew the couple on the internet helped mediate the deal. Both have been arrested and were referred to prosecutors for investigations. 
 
 The ministry said the incident took place on 29 November, but the video was only shared by Hvid on YouTube on 8 December and has since amassed over 4.5 million views. 
 
 Egypt has opened a probe into the incident and the authenticity of the video and the photos of the couple, which some Egyptian officials had dismissed as fake. 
 
 One of the original, and only surviving, Seven Wonders of the World, the Pyramid of Khufu is the largest of the Great Pyramids of Giza, soaring to a height of 140 metres. 
 
 Climbing the pyramids is outlawed in Egypt. 
 
 In 2016, a German teenager received a life ban from entering Egypt after climbing the Great Pyramid to take photos and videos. 
 
 In 2015, Egyptian authorities investigated a pornographic video filmed by foreign tourists near the Giza pyramids. 
 
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 ||||| Danish Photographer Andreas Hvid with his girl friend allegedly atop of Giza Pyramid - screenshot of video 
 
 Additional reporting by Egypt Today Staff 
 
 CAIRO - 13 December 2018: Egypt's Ministry of Interior arrested a camel driver and another girl accused of helping two Danish tourists climb the Great Pyramid of Giza. The tourists photographed themselves naked allegedly on top of the 139-meter pyramid.An investigation team was formed in cooperation with the Interior Ministry to investigate the issue. The 33 year old Danish photographer reached Egypt on November 19 and left on December 4, according to the investigation.The camel driver, who works in the archaeological area, is accused of helping the two tourists on November 29 to climb the Great Pyramid for LE 4,000 ($223.3). A girl was also arrested over contacting the two tourists online and facilitating their mission.In an interview with Copenhagen-based Ekstra Bladet, Andreas Hvid said he has always dreamt of climbing the Great Pyramid and taking naked photos over its top. He added that he is now very upset as some people are mad at him.Hvid said he attempted to climb the pyramid with a Norwegian friend twice. In the first time, he asked the guards to allow them to climb the Pyramid, but they were not allowed, he said, adding that in the second time they were arrested while actually attempting to climb the Pyramid, and were then released following interrogation.In the third time, Hvid seemingly managed to reach the top. He said he and another Danish friend took a different route away from the guards, and waited until tourists left the Pyramid. They climbed and could reach the top in 25 minutes only, he said.Hvid said he did not have sex on top of the Pyramid, confirming that they have taken one photo while they were naked.The Danish photographer said he did not intend to mock a historic or religious symbol, adding that he will not visit Egypt in the coming period in order not to get arrested.The explicit video claimed to be filmed atop the Great Pyramid of Giza by a Danish photographer has been referred to Egypt’s top prosecutor to investigate its authenticity.Climbing the Giza Plateau is considered illegal, according to the head of the archaeological site, who ruled out the Danish couple have climbed up the Khufu Pyramid amid the tight security presence.In the video description, Hvid wrote “In late November 2018, a friend and I climbed the Great Pyramid of Giza (a.k.a. Pyramid of Khufu, Pyramid of Cheops). Fearing to be spotted by the many guards, I did not film the several hours of sneaking around at the Giza Plateau, which led up to the climb."The video has been circulated on social media, with some angry comments describing it as tarnishing the historic site.The director of the Pyramids archaeological area Asharf Mohey described the video as “fake and unreal,�? saying that climbing the Pyramid is impossible due to restrictions. Mohey suspected the video's authenticity, referring to a “strange�? light appearingin the footage that does not resemble the real view of the site that closes every day at 5p.m. ||||| Published on Dec 8, 2018 
 
 In late November 2018, a friend and I climbed the Great Pyramid of Giza (a.k.a. Pyramid of Khufu, Pyramid of Cheops). 
 
 
 
 Fearing to be spotted by the many guards, I did not film the several hours of sneaking around at the Giza Plateau, which lead up to the climb. 
 
 
 
 The final picture can be found here: 
 
 https://www.andreashvid.com/nude-art 
 
 
 
 Instagram account of Andreas Hvid: 
 
 @andreas.hvid 
 
 
 
 
 
 Video edited by Oliver Valvik. Thank you bro! 
 
 
 
 For licensing or usage of this video, contact licensing@viralhog.com ||||| Officials question authenticity of photo and describe it as ‘violation of public morality’ 
 
 Egypt has reportedly arrested two people accused of helping a Danish photographer stage a naked photoshoot on top of the Great Pyramid of Giza. 
 
 Photographer Andreas Hvid sparked controversy in Egypt after he published a photo showing himself and a woman naked on top of the pyramid, provoking an investigation by Egypt’s ministry of the interior and condemnation from many Egyptians. 
 
 The ministry of the interior announced the arrest of a camel driver who works on the Giza plateau, the site of the pyramids, who reportedly helped the pair climb the Great Pyramid for 4,000 LE (about £177), according to local news reports. News outlet Ahram stated that authorities also arrested a woman who helped “mediate the deal”, and that both were under investigation. 
 
 The Egyptian minister of antiquities, Khaled al-Anani, described the shot as “a violation of public morality” before referring the incident to Egypt’s prosecutor general and discussing it in parliament, where he condemned the material as “pornographic” and stressed that climbing the pyramid was illegal. 
 
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 Egyptian officials have also gone to great lengths to question whether the photo is fake, dodging questions about how the couple managed to bypass security measures intended to protect the ancient site. 
 
 “We have specialists in Egypt, the court and the judge asked them to analyse the pictures,” said Dr Mostafa Wazir, the head of Egypt’s supreme council for antiquities. 
 
 Hvid filmed himself and a woman climbing the 140-metre Great Pyramid on 29 November following several aborted attempts, including one in which he and a Norwegian model were arrested and interrogated by police before being released. The photographer’s work focuses on “urban exploration, nude art, travel stuff”, according to his Instagram. 
 
 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Andreas Hvid posted a video apparently of himself and a model climbing the pyramid at night. 
 
 A photo Hvid posted to Instagram drew a range of comments. “Your critics are fools [and] have forgotten what it means to live!” wrote one person. 
 
 “Immature millennial dickhead,” wrote another.
– Egyptian authorities weren't happy last week when a viral video seemed to show a couple getting busy atop the Great Pyramid of Giza. They're still not happy this week, and they're making arrests to express their continued displeasure. The Guardian and Egypt Today report that two people have been arrested by the country's Interior Ministry, though it's not photographer Andreas Hvid and the "friend" who apparently scaled the pyramid, stripped naked, and embraced while overlooking Cairo, videotaping and taking photos of themselves as they went. Instead, a camel driver who works in the area near the pyramids has reportedly been detained, accused of helping Hvid and the young woman on Nov. 29 get up the pyramid; he's said to have charged them about $225. Also believed to be in custody, per Ahram: a woman who's said to have known the couple online and helped bring together the two with the camel driver. Hvid has since spoken with a Danish newspaper and says this was his third try at climbing the pyramid—and first successful attempt, in just 25 minutes—though he stresses that he and the woman didn't engage in any sexual activity while they were up there. He says they simply posed for a risque photo. Hvid also says he wasn't trying to insult or offend anyone, and he adds that because of the outrage, he won't be returning to Egypt anytime soon for fear of being arrested himself. No word on who the Danish friend who accompanied him is. (A German teen illegally scaled the same pyramid in 2016.)