Trio (illegally) Scales The Great Pyramid for PHOTOS, and pretty damn cool ones too.

"A trio of Russian photographers illegally scaled the Great Pyramid at Egypt's Giza Necropolis. They waited until sunset when the ancient complex closed to tourists before climbing the 455-foot ruin and posing at the summit. They hid from guards at the top for five hours and returned to the ground in the middle of the night unseen.

The shots provide a rare view of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and include images of the limestone-capped Pyramid of Khafre with the lights of Cairo glowing in the background.

Here are the shots they captured from the top of the Great Pyramid in Egypt."

Updated with the links -

[link to www.ibtimes.com]

[link to raskalov-vit.livejournal.com]