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posted by chromas on Friday August 03 2018, @04:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the Just-ask-Leeloominaï-Lekatariba-Lamina-Tchaï-Ekbat-De-Sebat dept.

Researchers Claim Great Pyramid can Focus Electromagnetic Waves:

"Egyptian pyramids have always attracted great attention," said Andrey Evlyukhin, coauthor of the paper and an egghead at the ITMO University, Russia, earlier this week. "We as scientists were interested in them as well, so we decided to look at the Great Pyramid as a particle dissipating radio waves resonantly."

Computational models revealed that the pyramid's internal chambers and base were shaped in a way that can potentially concentrate radio waves using the phenomenon of resonance. Specifically, Evlyukhin asserted, the structure's inner spaces and foundation resonate when hit by external radio waves with a wavelength of 200 to 600 metres, and can control the propagation, scattering, and concentration of this electromagnetic energy.

[...] according to the paper:

It is revealed that the Pyramid's chambers can collect and concentrate electromagnetic energy ... At the shorter wavelengths, the electromagnetic energy accumulates in the chambers providing local spectral maxima for electric and magnetic fields. It is shown that basically the Pyramid scatters the electromagnetic waves and focuses them into the substrate region.

The full journal article is freely available:

"Electromagnetic properties of the Great Pyramid: First multipole resonances and energy concentration" Journal of Applied Physics 124, 034903 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5026556

Did the researchers really find something here, or is this just a light-hearted jab at new-age crystal woo-woo?


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by HiThere on Friday August 03 2018, @07:46PM

    by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 03 2018, @07:46PM (#716931) Journal

    I had heard that they were capped with electrum, which was some sort of alloy, but a lot harder than gold.

    Also, the area wasn't as dry then as not, but it wasn't lush, either. And the Sahara was just off to the West. Wind can carry sand a long way.

    That said, something burnished may not be reflective of images, but it is reflective of light. It's not like oxidized. Polish a bit of some large piece of metal with some fairly (not extremely) fine sandpaper and you'll see.

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