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Sub-atomic Particles Used To Map Pyramid

Posted by timothy on from the grids-of-matrices-of-lattices dept.

firegate writes "Yahoo News is reporting on a pyramid-mapping project focusing on an ancient Aztec site in Teotihuacan, Mexico. Scientists are attempting to map an ancient pyramid by detecting muons - sub-atomic particles which are left as remnants of ancient cosmic rays. A similar method was used to scan Egypt's Khephren Pyramid in the 1960's."

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  1. Re:Bad News by adeyadey · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    {whingemode++} That gets +5, and mine gets -1 for exactly the same joke (only mine being first)? Go figure.. {whingemode--}

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