Mystery void is discovered in the Great Pyramid of Giza
Particle physics reveals there is more to wonder about one of the Seven Wonders of the World
SEEING THROUGH STONE High-tech particle detectors have revealed a never-before-seen empty space within the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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High-energy particles from outer space have helped uncover an enigmatic void deep inside the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Using high-tech devices typically reserved for particle physics experiments, researchers peered through the thick stone of the largest pyramid in Egypt for traces of cosmic rays and spotted a previously unknown empty space. The mysterious cavity is the first major structure discovered inside the roughly 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid since the 19th century, researchers report online November 2 in Nature.
“It’s a significant discovery,” says Peter Der Manuelian, an Egyptologist at Harvard University not involved in the work, “although precisely what it means is unclear.”
The open space may comprise one or more rooms or corridors, but the particle-detector images reveal only the rough size of the void, not the details of its design. Eventually, though,
