Can Science Explain the Large Void Discovered Inside the Great Pyramid (via Muon Scanning)?
The Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza, constructed during the Fourth Dynasty (c. 2560 BCE), has been the subject of non-invasive investigation since the ScanPyramids project commenced in 2015. The deployment of cosmic-ray muon radiography — a technique exploiting the differential absorption of naturally occurring muons as they pass through stone — has yielded the most significant structural discovery inside the pyramid since the 19th century: a large internal void above the Grand Gallery. This void, first announced in 2017, was detected independently by three separate muon detection technologies, lending unusual robustness to the finding.
Introduction
The Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza, constructed during the Fourth Dynasty (c. 2560 BCE), has been the subject of non-invasive investigation since the ScanPyramids project commenced in 2015. The deployment of cosmic-ray muon radiography — a technique exploiting the differential absorption of naturally occurring muons as they pass through stone — has yielded the most significant structural discovery inside the pyramid since the 19th century: a large internal void above the Grand Gallery. This void, first announced in 2017, was detected independently by three separate muon detection technologies, lending unusual robustness to the finding.