Unknown passageway discovered inside the Great Pyramid
A mysterious hidden corridor buried deep inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza has been seen for the first time
Scientists discovered the passageway in 2016 but did not want to damage the 4,500-year-old monument to gain access to it, so embarked on a years-long project to take a sneak peak at the secrets the cavity might hold.
Using an endoscopic camera and a technique called cosmic-ray muon radiography, experts were able to map the corridor for the first time and confirm that it is 30ft (9m) long and 7ft (2.1m) wide.
They also said it was likely designed to help redistribute the pyramid’s weight around the entrance or another as yet undiscovered chamber.
The 479ft-tall (146m) pyramid, which was built as royal burial chambers around 2560 BC, is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing.
Until the 1889 construction of the Eiffel Tower it was also the tallest human-made structure ever built.
Officials announced the finding today and said the unfinished corridor, which is behind the main entrance, could contribute to knowledge about the construction of the pyramid.
It was likely built to relieve the weight of the pyramid on either the main entrance, 22 feet (7 metres) below, or on another as yet undiscovered chamber or space, according to Mostafa Waziri, head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities.
‘We’re going to continue our scanning so we will see what we can do … to figure out what we can find out beneath it, or just by the end of this corridor,’ he told reporters after a press conference in front of the pyramid.
Five rooms atop the king’s burial chamber in another part of the pyramid are also thought to have been built to redistribute the weight of the massive structure.
It was possible the pharaoh had more than one burial chamber, Waziri added.
Scientists detected the corridor through cosmic-ray muon radiography, before retrieving images of it by feeding a 6mm-thick endoscope through a tiny joint in the pyramid’s stones.
The cosmic-ray muon radiography, which was developed by experts at the University of Nagoya, Japan, tracked the level of radiation passing through the pyramid walls.
Once the technique had given the researchers a clear map of the corridor, they sensed an opportunity to use a small camera similar to those used in medical procedures.
‘We realised that it was so close to the surface that an endoscopy was possible,’ said Sébastien Procureur, of the University of Paris-Saclay in France.
He added: ‘It’s a controversial opinion, but I’m relieved the cavity was empty. I wouldn’t have liked to participate in opening a tomb.’
The discovery was made under the Scan Pyramids project, which for the past seven years has been using non-invasive technology including infrared thermography, 3D simulations and endoscopes to peer inside the structure.
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Lorraine
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Uh oh, did they find any Hamas members hiding in there, or was it Hamas that discovered a new tunnel?
Now that it’s been discovered, keep an eye open for new and unexpected traffic.
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Len
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Very droll. Really love your sense of hummus.
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MC
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Typical Daily Mail propaganda. Just as people are waking up to the fact they were never burial chambers, out comes the establishment narrative with some so called new information but with the subliminal reinforcement of the lie.
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JaKo
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Hi MC,
I’ve read a few Däniken-kind of stories, but your certainty indicates you may know more — may we know your sources? Thanks.
Cheers, JaKo
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Andy Rowlands
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So what were they then?
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Cathleen
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Or perhaps this chamber had another purpose?
https://youtu.be/XU49FSIx0_g?si=JVjR0fFiXUrM58l2
TESLA KNEW The Secret of the Great Pyramid of Giza: A Power Plant to Generate Unlimited Free Energy for the World
Nikola Tesla believed that he could harness the energy from inside the earth and transmit that power wirelessly around the world. His early experiments were successful. But his research mysteriously vanished after his death. There is no evidence left of Tesla’s wireless power technology. Or is there? For years we were taught that the Great Pyramid of Giza was a tomb for a king. It wasn’t. It had a different purpose. Tesla didn’t invent wireless power. It’s been here for 5,000 years. And probably a lot longer than that. Let’s find out why.
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sunsettommy
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Oh, jeez while the rest of the ancient Egyptian world didn’t show any signs of it at all.
Tesla failed because it wasn’t viable which is why his tower burned to the ground then he ran out of money which is why his patents were then taken away as collateral.
Tesla had a great start but then after his obsession with sending electricity through the air started his downfall ran all the way to his impoverished last few years.
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Howdy
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Wireless power didn’t go anywhere, Cathleen, it’s used to power micro-devices for example, under the skin, where the transmission signal is also the power source.
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Howdy
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These might interest one or two:
https://www.astronomyclub.xyz/easter-island/orion-sirius-and-the-sacred-landscape-in-the-age-of-the-pyramids.html
vs
https://www.ancient-origins.net/opinion-guest-authors/star-shaft-theory-great-pyramid-busted-001787
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