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'Discovery of the Century': Mysterious Void Discovered In Egypt's Great Pyramid (nationalgeographic.com)

Posted by msmash on from the wonders-of-the-world dept.

New submitter klgds writes: The cavity is the first major inner structure discovered in the pyramid since the 1800s. Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza -- one of the wonders of the ancient world, and a dazzling feat of architectural genius -- contains a hidden void at least a hundred feet long, scientists said. The space's dimensions resemble those of the pyramid's Grand Gallery, the 153-foot-long, 26-foot-tall corridor that leads to the burial chamber of Khufu, the pharaoh for whom the pyramid was built. However, it remains unclear what lies within the space, what purpose it served, or if it's one or multiple spaces. The void is the first large inner structure discovered within the 4,500-year-old pyramid since the 1800s -- a find made possible by recent advances in high-energy particle physics. The results were published in the journal Nature. "This is definitely the discovery of the century," says archaeologist and Egyptologist Yukinori Kawae, a National Geographic Emerging Explorer. "There have been many hypotheses about the pyramid, but no one even imagined that such a big void is located above the Grand Gallery."

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  1. Well duh by the_skywise · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's the teleportation chamber to link with the alien starships when they're in orbit!

    1. Re:Well duh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's where the grain is stored.

    2. Re:Well duh by the_skywise · · Score: 3, Funny

      You keep your weed in there man!

    3. Re:Well duh by CaptainDork · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah.

      Some dipshit was quoting verses from the "Bible" that supported killing LGBTQ people.

      I quoted the lobster and shrimp and "divorced women should be put to death" crap and he said, "All that was replaced by the New Testament.

      ???

      I replied:

      BREAKING NEWS: TEN COMMANDMENTS NO LONGER APPLY

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  2. So that's where Hillary hid all those E-mails by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Who knew?

  3. Of the Century... by Jason1729 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Using the phrase "of the Century" is a very strong indication it's time to stop reading and move on because it's probably something irrelevant and uninteresting.

  4. Re:The clues for this have been around for a while by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nonsense. It is easily the hyperbole of the century.

  5. Re:The clues for this have been around for a while by MangoCats · · Score: 3, Funny

    Physicists are proud of their new portable mountain scanning X-ray machine, let them have their moment.

  6. For God's sake, DON'T OPEN IT! by PopeRatzo · · Score: 3, Funny

    They never learn, do they? Some things are better left alone, such as a mysterious void in the Great Pyramid.

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  7. Big Void by DickBreath · · Score: 4, Funny

    From TFA:
    > “There have been many hypotheses about the pyramid, but no one even
    > imagined that such a big void is located above the Grand Gallery.”

    Shouldn't that be long void?

    long void is to void as long int is to int.

    C'mon guys. Let's have consistency on this.

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