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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Fri Nov 3, 2017, 04:29 AM Nov 2017

Using particle physics, scientists find hidden structure inside Egypt's Great Pyramid

An international team of scientists has discovered a large hidden cavity within Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza, and they did it by looking for muons — particles sent to Earth by cosmic rays from space.

The mysterious cavity, described Thursday in the journal Nature, is at least 30 meters long. And though the researchers aren’t sure whether it’s straight or inclined, whether it’s one large space or a series of smaller ones, the discovery has already triggered interest among archaeologists as to the purpose of the void.

“What we are sure about is that this big void is there,” said Mehdi Tayoubi, president of the nonprofit Heritage Innovation Preservation Institute in Paris, which led the effort. ”But we need to understand [it] better.”

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-egypt-pyramid-giza-20171102-htmlstory.html

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Using particle physics, scientists find hidden structure inside Egypt's Great Pyramid (Original Post) mfcorey1 Nov 2017 OP
We should sue the aliens for the design flaws inherent for a hollow pyramid. TexasTowelie Nov 2017 #1
Ben Carson's grain locker Sedona Nov 2017 #2
Could this methodology be used on 45? Yonnie3 Nov 2017 #3

TexasTowelie

(112,252 posts)
1. We should sue the aliens for the design flaws inherent for a hollow pyramid.
Fri Nov 3, 2017, 05:15 AM
Nov 2017

The contract specifications stated that the pyramid should be nearly solid, but the aliens (must of been Ferengi) wanted a higher profit so they filled it with air and used undocumented alien labor.

Look for the union label.

Yonnie3

(17,444 posts)
3. Could this methodology be used on 45?
Fri Nov 3, 2017, 08:43 AM
Nov 2017

The results would be very similar. “What we are sure about is that this big void is there.”

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