Pyramid with spare room …
Credited to the #ScansPyramid project, the discovery of a "new" (as in old but previously unknown) corridor (measuring 9x2m) above the main entrance of the #GreatPyramid in #Giza has been announced earlier today:
https://apnews.com/article/pyramid-egypt-cairo-chamber-antiquities-c104c9479b110b85567e61b9ee4bcc0e via Associated Press
Further information and an endoscope glimpse inside the recently announced previously unknown corridor inside Giza's #GreatPyramid also in this @tu_muenchen press release:
An international research team has discovered a previously unknown chamber in the Cheops pyramid of Giza. As early as 2016 measurements had given reason to assume the existence of a hidden hollow space in the vicinity of the chevron blocks over the entrance. Now scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have used ultrasound and endoscopy to make an important contribution to confirming this assumption. The status of the Egyptian pyramid as one of the best investigated structures in the world makes this find particularly important.
A cavity of sorts there has been noted earlier already, cf. K. Morishima et al. in @nature 552 (2017). 🔐💵
And before anyone gets too excited about "secret chambers" - its much more likely that this tunnel is more of a "construction aid", like remains of a ramp or relief cavity ... which actually is not less exciting! How they built it? Well, this is how. 😲🙌
Complete original study on the "Precise characterization of a #corridor-shaped structure in Khufu’s #Pyramid by observation of cosmic-ray muons" by S. Procureur et al. in Nature Communications 14, 2023. 🔓
Khufu’s Pyramid is one of the largest archaeological monuments in the world, and still contains unexplored voids. Here, the authors use cosmic-ray muon radiography in multiple positions to precisely characterize one of these inner structures called the North Face Corridor.
Want to see that endoscope glimpse into that "new" #GreatPyramid corridor? Of course you want to see that endoscope glimpse into the Great Pyramid chamber. 😉
(Full #ScanPyramids 2023 Report video here: https://vimeo.com/803685954)
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