For the first time ever, scanning technology’s been used on pyramids and the results are quite surprising. The preliminary results of the Scan Pyramids project indicate an anomaly in the 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Khufu that could uncover the secrets of other ancient Egyptian structures.
The project’s a collaboration between the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, Cairo University and the AHIP Institute, and aims to map millennia-old pyramids in Giza as well as discover hidden chambers and secret passageways.
Experts say the discovery paves the way for more groundbreaking research in ancient Egyptian studies.
“I think, this will be the start for new science, new research for all Egyptologists, especially those Egyptologists who’re interested in the ancient Egyptian architects.”
Through infrared thermography and non-invasive cosmic rays, the two-week research found three hot stains on the eastern side of the Khufu pyramid. The heat radiating from the stone indicates an anomaly, although the reason behind the thermal differences remains unknown.
“If you have the same material in a structure, you’re expecting to have the same orientation, more or less, you’re expecting to have the same thermal signature, so the fact that you have an important difference of temperature between just one block and the other right next to it – it has to mean something because it's not normal.”
These irregularities continue to shroud these iconic monuments in mystery, but with the project continuing, it’s hope that more insights into pyramids, and indeed history, will be made.
Summary:
On the first days of November there was a collaboration between different organizations, with the objective of scan a pyramid with the new technologies. They detected an anomaly in some stones on the Great Pyramid of Khufu. In the east side of the pyramid they found stones that were warmer that the sorrounding ones. Those stones seemed just like the others, but by unknown reasons they were just warmer. This new discovery adds mystery to the already mysterious monuments.
An expert said that this new way to study ancient structures (scans) has a lot of advantages, now they can discover new rooms just scanning.
In my opinion...
It's surprising that after lots of years studying the pyramids of Ghiza we still discovering new things that make us work hard to understand them. I am waiting for the solution of this new question, but it's about the pyramids, so I have to accept that maybe we won't know the answer.
The people who has discovered the different temperature of the stones must be so surprised.
I think that the position of the warmer stones is just a coincidence, it seems that those stones aren't in a special place
Nwe words:
Aim: to point (a firearm, ball, intention, etc.) so that the thing discharged or thrown will hit a target.
Groundbreaking: the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
Stain: a mark caused by foreign matter on a material.
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