"So it really is a tomb?" Standing in the vast underground palace, Harry was a little surprised.
Pyramids attracted a great deal of attention from Muggles and wizards alike. What they focused on, however, was somewhat different.
Muggles were more interested in questions of history.
Wizards, on the other hand, cared more about matters of magic.
Not all pharaohs were powerful wizards, but they certainly had powerful wizards around them. Of course, given that worship of deities remained popular in Egypt even now, perhaps priests would be a more appropriate name for them.
Large pyramids serving as pharaohs' tombs, then, were often protected by powerful magic. This generally took the form of various curses, Confundus Charms, and the like.
The more impressive ones even featured Space-Folding Magic.
Space-Folding Magic was an interesting one.
Inside a tomb, a tiny room could be expanded to dozens of times its original size, letting anyone who entered wander around for a while and think they had thoroughly explored the pyramid's interior.
In reality, they had not even made it through the main entrance.
That trick generally only worked on Muggles or novice wizards, though. Any wizard with a little more skill could see through it quite easily.
When Harry and the others discovered that entering this pyramid actually required Ancient Runes, they had already suspected that it was not a real pyramid.
It had merely been made to look like one for some reason.
Although they did not know why whoever had done this-they suspected Voldemort, but could not be entirely certain-had chosen to do so, pyramids were certainly an iconic image.
If some wizard had happened to think of such a thing at some particular moment, that did not seem entirely incomprehensible.
That idea gained further support after they passed through the room