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Secret Chamber In The Great Pyramid?

Posted by michael on from the grave-robbing dept.

ferkelparade writes "The Guardian reports that two French amateur archaeologists believe they have located a secret chamber in the Cheops pyramid using microgravimetry and radar. The team believes that this might be the pharaoh's burial chamber - as the chamber seems to be unopened, it might still house the complete burial treasure. More coverage from abc."

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  1. Re:How did they measure in the first place? by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Pretty darn close- they used georadar and mass (microgravity) detectors. The "site" in question seems to be quite a ways up the pyramid, just under the Queen's chamber- and they'd need permission fot that.

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  2. Belzoni used Dynamite to enter this pyramid by jimbro2k · · Score: 3, Informative

    A former circus strongman and giant, turned egyptologist, Giovanni Battista was the first to enter the sarcophagus chamber in modern times. I've been there: he left his graffiti still very visible in big black letters on the wall of the inner chamber, a foot high: "Belzoni 1818". He opened a number of other tombs as well. His favorite tool was dynamite.

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  3. Microgravimetry by TeaQuaffer · · Score: 4, Informative

    I was not familiar with microgravimetry. The Federal Highway Administration has an article on using it to find old mines

    It looks like basicaly you use Newton's law of gravatation to measure the local density of the earth, and just look around for a dip.

    Microgravimetry is also used in the study of thin films

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