Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD/CAIRO: Egyptian antiquities officials said a nine-meter-long hidden corridor had been discovered close to the central entrance of the 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza. This could lead to further findings.
The discovery of the pyramid corridor, the last of the seven wonders of the ancient globe, was made under the “Scan Pyramids Project” by using non-invasive technology, including infrared thermography, 3D simulations, and cosmic-ray picturing to peer inside the structure.
The article published in the journal Nature said that the discovery could contribute to knowledge about the construction of the ancient pyramid and the purpose of the gabled limestone structure that sits in front of the corridor.
The great ancient pyramid
The ancient great pyramid was built as a monumental tomb around 2560 BC during the tenure of the Pharaoh Khufu and Cheops. Built to the height of 146 meters, it stood at 139 meters and was the tallest structure made by a human being until the Eiffel Tower in1889 in Paris.
Head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, said the unfinished corridor was likely created to redistribute the pyramid’s weight around either a main entrance used by tourists, almost seven meters away and around another undiscovered chamber and space.
He said that “we are going to continue our scanning so we would see what we can do ..to figure out what we find out beneath it, and just by the end of this corridor,”
