The Great Pyramid of Giza Gives Up a Secret

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Deep inside the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt, lies a previously undiscovered hidden space.
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We are one step closer to understanding more about the only remaining Wonder of the Ancient World.

It is the first discovery of a major structure within the pyramid since the 19th century, and augurs new potential uses for a decades-old imaging technique, according to researchers who described their findings in the journal Nature.
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Scientists have discovered a void inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, according to
new research published in the scientific journal Nature. The discovery is the result of work from ScanPyramids, an organization led by the HIP Institute and the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University that is dedicated to studying the Pyramids of Egypt using non-invasive techniques.
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What is the secret chamber?

How was the chamber found?

The mysteries that remain We are one step closer to understanding more about the only remaining Wonder of the Ancient World.
Scientists have discovered a void inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, according to
new research published in the scientific journal Nature. The discovery is the result of work from ScanPyramids, an organization led by the HIP Institute and the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University that is dedicated to studying the Pyramids of Egypt using non-invasive techniques.
A symbol of the awesome power of ancient Egypt, the Great Pyramid is 479 feet tall, the tallest structure built by man until the Eiffel Tower in 1889. Built as a royal tomb around 2560 BC, it’s made of an estimated 2.3 million blocks of stone.
There were three known chambers inside the Great Pyramid—an unfinished low chamber near the bedrock, as well as the king and queen’s chambers, believed to be for Pharaoh Khufu and his wives—until today.
According to Nature, the large, previously unknown “big void” inside the Great Pyramid is the first major interior structure found there in well over a century.

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