Experts believe the hole may hide King Cheops’ true burial chamber
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A group of scientists discovered a hidden passage nine meters long and two meters wide Great Pyramid of Gizaannounced this Thursday 2nd the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Egypt. The tunnel has a triangular roof and was “discovered in the north face of the Great Pyramid of King Cheops,” said Tourism Minister Ahmed Issa in Giza, the plateau on which the mausoleum built more than 4,500 years ago stands. The discovery was made thanks to the ScanPyramids project, an international scientific mission that studies the interior of the pyramids without the need for excavation. French, German, Canadian and Japanese universities are collaborating on the project alongside a group of Egyptian experts. The mission has been analyzing the inside of the pyramid since 2015, using stateoftheart technologies that allow you to see through the structures. These tools can detect possible voids or unknown internal structures. According to archaeologist Zahi Hawass, who heads the responsible scientific committee, it is “very possible” that the tunnel “protects something”. “In my opinion, it protects the real burial chamber of King Cheops,” said the country’s former antiquities minister. The Great Pyramid of Giza, the largest of the three in the Giza Necropolis, is the last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing. At 139 meters high and 230 meters wide, it stands next to the Sphinx and the pyramids of Chephren and Menkaure. In 2017, ScanPyramids scientists discovered the presence of a huge hole in the pyramid, the size of a passenger plane.
*With information from AFP