US EditionAnomalies in Giza pyramid may indicate an unknown entrance
The voids behind polished blocks may reveal a second entrance to the Pyramid of Menkaure, detected through advanced remote sensing by researchers from Cairo University and Munich.
- Recently, researchers detected two voids behind the Pyramid of Menkaure's eastern face, located 1.4 m and 1.13 m behind the granite exterior, suggesting a possible second entrance.
- Amid a strangely smooth 4 meter by 6 meter stretch of granite on the eastern face, Stijn van den Hoven, independent scholar, proposed an alternative entrance, prompting the team to investigate the anomalies behind the polished cladding.
- Using noninvasive scans, the team combined image fusion and numerical simulations to identify two air-filled anomalies behind the granite facade, Christian Grosse noted the methodology `allows very precise conclusions`.
- The researchers said the hypothesis is plausible but not yet proven, noting their results bring them closer to confirming it while urging more tests and Egyptologists' discussion.
- By adding to prior discoveries such as the 2023 Khufu corridor, the new finding strengthens evidence that the Giza complex holds untold secrets more than 4,000 years after construction.
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Archaeology breakthrough as scientists discover mysterious 'voids' in third-largest pyramid of Giza
Scientists have been left baffled after two mysterious air-filled spaces were discovered behind one of Egypt's great pyramids.Researchers working on the Pyramid of Menkaure have potentially confirmed the existence of a long-suspected second entrance to the ancient structure.The breakthrough came after researchers from Cairo University and the Technical University of Munich employed cutting-edge scanning technology to examine the 4,500-year-old m…
The pyramid of Micerino (or Menkaure by its name in Egyptian), the smallest of the three main ones of the Giza plateau, can count on a hidden entrance hitherto unknown on the east side. The hypothesis already existed for some time, but now seems to be confirmed by the finding of two cavities just behind that facade. In the framework of the ScanPyramids research project, researchers from the University of Cairo and the Munich University of Techno…
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Researchers discover hidden entrance in one of the Giza Pyramids
Researchers from Cairo University and the Technical University of Munich have discovered two hidden cavities behind the eastern face of the Pyramid of Menkaure in Giza, suggesting the possible existence of a second, previously unknown entrance
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