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It’s A View So Exclusive – It’s Illegal! 1:35min

Standing atop Egypt’s great pyramid of Giza, one of the seven ancient wonders of the world

These spectaaacular photos were shot by a group of daredevil Russian photographers.

One of them is Vitaly Raskalov – his English is a little limited but he did speak with us via Skype from Saint Petersburg.

“We saw old photographs of the pyramids and decide to climb on it.”

Climbing the great pyramid is strictly off-limits.

Raskalov and his friends made their unauthorized ascent at sunset, more than 450 feet to the top, where they shot some amazing aerial shots of the pyramids, the Sphinx and the surrounding desert, and then escaped unnoticed.

One of Raskalov’s colleagues told CNN.com; “We were very lucky not to get caught.  We would have been in serious trouble if we did. That’s why we would like to apologize for this ascension.  We didn’t want to insult anyone.  We were just following the dream.”

It’s not the first time the group has “followed the dream”, climbing to very high places to snap photos.

Last year, Raskalov and several friends scaled the 1000 foot high Russky Island Bridge, where he shot this vertigo-inducing video.

Russian authorities briefly detained him once he climbed down.

Raskalov says he no plans to quit; “I don’t know, for me, it’s just cool.”

For his next stunt, Raskalov says he is planning a trip to the Middle East.  He says Israel, perhaps Syria.

Jonathon Man, CNN, Atlanta