A photographer has outraged public decency by posting a picture of himself apparently having sex on top of the Great Pyramid.

Andreas Hvid’s picture featured in a YouTube video and on his website and shows Cairo in the background.

He appears to be in the missionary position with a woman on top of the world-famous landmark.

Egyptian authorities are looking into the picture and could prosecute the couple (Picture: Andreas Hvid)


Footage also shows him and the woman climbing the pyramid late last month. The video was removed but re-appeared over the weekend.

However, the Danish national could now be in trouble after Egyptian authorities said they were looking into it.

Climbing on the pyramids is against the law above a certain level and the site is closed to the public after 5pm.



They have been referred to the prosecutor general by the minister for antiquities.

It is illegal to climb the pyramids above a certain height at the site is closed to the public after 5pm (Picture: Rex Shutterstock)

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 lead up to the climb.’

People have commented on the video saying they thought it was ‘disrespectful and ignorant’ towards local cultures.