Scientists say they have found a hidden chamber in Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza, in what would be the first such discovery in the structure since the 19th century and one likely to spark a new surge of interest in the pharaohs.
In an article published in the journal Nature on Thursday, an international team said the 30-meter (yard) void deep within the pyramid is situated above the structure's Grand Gallery, and has a similar cross-section.
The purpose of the space is unclear, and it's not yet known whether it was built with a function in mind or if it's merely a gap in the pyramid's architecture. Some experts say such empty spaces have been known for years.
"This is a premier," said Mehdi Tayoubi, a co-founder of the ScanPyramids project and president of the Heritage Innovation Preservation Institute. "It could be composed of one or several structures... maybe it could be another Grand Gallery. It could be a chamber, it could be a lot of things."
The scientists made the discovery using cosmic-ray imaging, recording the behavior of subatomic particles called muons that penetrate the rock similar to X-rays, only much deeper. Their paper was peer-reviewed before appearing in Nature, an international, interdisciplinary journal of science, and its results confirmed by other teams of scientists.
Goa'uld control room, obviously. takyon: s04e13.
Also at CBC.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 03 2017, @10:23AM (2 children)
C'mon! Donald against a guy who could put words into complete sentences? Not even a challenge! Not only can the Donald not wright, he cannot right, and worse, he cannot write. All this mostly because he cannot read! Reading is Fundamental, as some famous non-white person said.
(Score: 3, Informative) by PiMuNu on Friday November 03 2017, @01:14PM (1 child)
I don't think you understand why Trump (and Bush, etc) were/are so successful.
(Score: 3, Funny) by DeathMonkey on Friday November 03 2017, @05:55PM
I don't think you understand why Trump (and Bush, etc) were/are so successful.
Correct, if daddy is rich then reading is optional.