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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. Disturbing mention... by happyDave · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I hate to be political, but I was disturbed by the mention in this article about the use of technology in archaeology of the "War on Terror." Does everything have to be justified by that now? What happened to scientific inquisitiveness? I know that there are practicalities to deal with, but that's ridiculous. Scientists don't need to spend time justifying their research as aid to the war on terror.