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From Times of Israel :
Architects and scientists from Egypt, France, Canada and Japan will use modern infra-red technology and advanced detectors to map two pyramids at Giza and the two Dahshur pyramids, south of Cairo.
"This special group will study these pyramids to see whether there are still any hidden chambers or other secrets" inside them, Minister of Antiquities Mamduh al-Damati announced at a news conference.
"These engineers and architects will conduct the survey using non-destructive technology that will not harm the pyramids," he said.
Experts said the study, known as "Scan Pyramids," will also be a fresh attempt to understand how the monuments were built in the first place.
The article goes on to to tell us that the "infra-red and muon" scanning will look at four pyramids from the outside, and very likely will also be used from the inside of King Tutankhamun's tomb to look for a secret chamber where they are hoping to find the mummy of the legendary beauty Queen Nefertiti.
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(Score: 2) by Alfred on Monday November 02 2015, @10:50PM
Like you say, the FLIR doesn't detect water, it detects heat and therefore cold spots indicate water problems on the other side. The mass of the pyramids is so much greater than your basement wall though. Even if there are drafty gaps between the blocks, the air or moisture temp will equilibrate enough that the reading is useless.
There may be some profit in taking a FLIR scan every day for a month so you could discern patterns. After that month you would have something you could analyze while not attending the muon scanning teams press conference.
I like how you hypothesize. We could just take it apart and start building replicas ?