The ScanPyramids mission will publish the results of its research of cavities in the pyramid of Cheops in an article published in the journal Nature. A large void of 30 meters long was spotted thanks to muon detection.
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Since its launch in 2015, ScanPyramids has inspected the Pyramids of Giza to try to discover unexplored areas within the monuments.
To achieve this without drilling holes and possibly directing research to specific areas, researchers used muon detectors capable of locating voids in stone structures that penetrate several hundred meters.
The various Japanese and French sensors, via the CEA (Atomic Energy Commission), installed inside and outside, have collected for two years a great mass of data on the countless muon crossings through the pyramid of Cheops.
Examination of this information made it possible to detect a new cavity at least 30 meters long located above the large gallery. Detection by muons, however, does not provide precise dimensions or even determine if it is a space of a block or consists of multiple rooms, or if this area is flat or inclined as the large gallery in -Dessous.
The results of this discovery are published in an article in the journal Nature but no conclusion is drawn on the function of this space or what could possibly be found there, and which thus retains its mystery.
The ScanPyramids mission had already identified the existence of two unknown cavities in 2016 and noted the presence of this larger empty space. The new data collections confirmed its existence and attempted to better characterize it.
Source : Nature
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