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I don't think that a 12 inch hole drilled big enough for a drone in a section of the pyramid that is protected from the weather and not visible to the public is "Destroying a monument".

Do you think that the DNA test of King Tut was also destruction?

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Given the wholesale robbery that early Egyptologists got up to (mummy-unwrapping parties were a popular social event in 19th-century England), one can perhaps excuse the Egyptian authorities for being a bit overprotective.

If someone has the authorization to bore a hole, it will be much smaller than that (the current target would be 1-2 inches).

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