Team testing new scanner on Egypt's Great Pyramid
Team testing new scanner on Egypt's Great Pyramid
Ahmed Hatem, Associated Press
Updated 3:57 pm, Thursday, June 2, 2016
CAIRO (AP) — What mysteries might still be hidden under Egypt's pyramids? A team accompanied by Egypt's former antiquities minister and famed archaeologist Zahi Hawass are testing a new scanner on the Great Pyramid of Giza on Thursday, hoping that modern technology could help unlock ancient secrets buried deep beneath the stone.
The scanner, which uses subatomic particles known as muons to examine the 4,500 year-old burial structure, was first set up at the site last year and will complete its data collection this month.
"It's running right now, and if it manages to detect one of the three chambers we already know exist inside, then we will continue the scans," Hawass said. He has been appointed by the Antiquities Ministry to head the team that will review the scan results.
Late last year, thermal scanning identified a major anomaly in the pyramid — three adjacent stones at its base which registered higher temperatures than others.
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The only thing one can say about muons is "Who ordered that?" (I. I. Rabi)
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