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Mystery of the Chirping Pyramid Solved

Posted by michael on Thursday December 16, 2004 @02:31AM from the if-it-hadn't-been-for-you-pesky-kids dept.

Ant writes "Nature says the mystery of the 'chirping' pyramid has been decoded. Acoustic analysis shows how the temple transforms echoes into sounds of nature. El Castillo's strange echoes have fascinated visitors for generations. A theory that the ancient Mayans built their pyramids to act as giant resonators to produce strange and evocative echoes has been supported by a team of Belgian scientists."

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Re:You can hear this at Fireworks shows by John+Hasler · 2004-12-16 05:50 · Score: 3, Informative

A corrugated-steel wall produces this effect quite distinctly.

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Re:For how long? by WaterBreath · 2004-12-16 06:12 · Score: 2, Informative

Insightful??? Read-the-freaking-article before you make wise-crack comments, and especially before you mod them up. It was specifically the chirping effect of clapping sounds that was recognized in 1998. The "surprising sounds" in general have been known for a long time.