Hidden Chamber Found In Great Pyramid of Giza

[DonShula]

https://apnews.com/5ba4676be5ef450f95566bdcd300bc91

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-41845445

Scientists have found a previously undiscovered hidden chamber in Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza, the first such discovery in the structure since the 19th century.

In a report published in the journal Nature on Thursday, an international team says the 30-meter (yard) void deep within the pyramid is situated above the Grand Gallery, and has a similar cross-section.

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Call Brendan Fraser if old.

 

[_Rob_]

Woah, that's pretty cool

Spoiler

as long as it's not an AC:Origins marketing stunt

 

[ahoyhoy]

It's probably where the Pharoah hid his loot boxes.

 

[Strafer]

Someone call Nathan Drake.

 

[Joe]

Presumably it's the grain chamber.

 

[MrLuchador]

I love stuff like this, old time adventuring. They're too cautious exploring now as they don't want to upset anything, and keep everything preserved. Understandable, but makes for slow discoveries!

 

[Kyzer]

Presumably it's the grain chamber.

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Damnit ! Too fast

 

[Carfo]

The pyramids are so fascinating. Human ingenuity knows no bounds and has no timeline. I wonder what was in it though.

 

[freeradical]

This better not be a UBI marketing stunt!!!

 

[DonShula]

Presumably it's the grain chamber.

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Carson vindicated!

 

[KingSnake]

.

 

[Min]

Ahhh... so that's where the grain is stored.

 

[gdt]

Alien storage locker

 

[JonnyDBrit]

Another article on it from the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41845445

One proposal for it is that it may be a structural thing - ease the weight above key areas. It's also not even the first such 'void' found.

 

[Red Liquorice]

This is going to take years to get in to isn't it, if at all :(

 

[Proteus]

You can put your weed in it.

 

[DAHGAMING]

Inside it could be a gaming lair.

 

[DonShula]

Another article on it from the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41845445

One proposal for it is that it may be a structural thing - ease the weight above key areas. It's also not even the first such 'void' found.

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Good stuff, adding this to the OP.

 

[Nick]

But... alien structural thing, right?

 

[FireSafetyBear]

Still incredible we don't know how they built the pyramids.

Such marvelous monuments.

 

[Paskowitz]

Aliens. It's gotta be.

 

[lazygecko]

I love stuff like this, old time adventuring. They're too cautious exploring now as they don't want to upset anything, and keep everything preserved. Understandable, but makes for slow discoveries!

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Don't they get a pretty thorough picture of the areas without even touching them nowadays with 3D scanning?

 

[Grym]

Cool. They've finally found the location of the Stargate

 

[Tregard]

 

[jakoo]

This is barely news. A scientist just told a sphinx that Bowser was looking for a sapphire pendant for "something blue", the chamber opened up, and they found a Moon. No big deal.

EDIT: lol, beaten to the punch.

 

[JonnyDBrit]

Don't they get a pretty thorough picture of the areas without even touching them nowadays with 3D scanning?

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Yes and no. After all, it's through such scanning that they've now found this 'void', and they're still combing the structure as a whole. In this instance they also know the void is there, but at the same time they're not entirely sure of its inclination, precise shape, and so forth - detailed to be refined with more scans, hopefully.

 

[Captain Tuttle]

Woah, that's pretty cool

Spoiler

as long as it's not an AC:Origins marketing stunt

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This...this is an excellent post

Pretty cool stuff is still being discovered

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

This is where they find those stone tablets that they'll use as the basis for a mega-popular trading card game, isn't it?

 

[Mik2121]

That's really interesting. Wonder when we'll get to know what kind of space it is.

 

[molnizzle]

Blows my mind that these 4,500 year old "voids" never caved in.

Ancient Egypt, wtf.

 

[julia crawford]

Man i want it to be aliens so bad

 

[Psxdad]

This makes me want to play Assassin's Creed Origins lol. I love Ancient Egypt.

 

[Strafer]

 

[pestul]

I love this kind of shit. If it was hidden originally, and lost to time.. I think it's going to be pretty hard to see in there. Even if we could get some small drones in there that would be great.

 

[Deleted member 2625]

Hey! I know what a Pyramid is! I saw it in a Mario game! *eyeroll*

The technique they used - Muon detectors - is bonkers. They had to measure cosmic rays to get even this low-rez picture. We tend to assume that ground penetrating radar and all the other tech is sufficient to see "inside" a big stone thing like this, but it's a way harder problem than many realize.

 

[Lump]

Assassin's Creed Origins final mission spoilers? That's probably where that game's 'Apple of Eden' is buried.

 

[UCBooties]

Please don't disturb Nyarlathotep guys...

 

[StrykerIsland]

Super cool!

 

[Alwayscrazybacon]

They found the power station control room at last.

 

[mm04]

It's the home theater room. Duh.

 

[ENCODED]

This sounding alot like an x-men movie

 

[uzipukki]

Oooh, is it the chamber where the aliens are hidden? If not, then booo.

 

[mute]

For some reason I though they could radar/xray/laser/magic scan these and know all the nooks and crannies for a while now. Neat that they are still finding new stuff.

When they had the remote controlled camera drone climb up the air shaft and broadcast it live a while back was the coolest thing. Shit was creepy.

 

[TreeMePls]

Is this where they discover that ancient Egyptions loved playing a children's card game?

 

[FeistyBoots]

They released the first image!

 

[No Depth]

What color gear is inside?

 

[Deleted member 9305]

It's probably where Joseph stored all the grain.

 

[ItRhymesWithDoom]

Ah, the secret secret basement.

 

[Polymath]

That's pretty cool, wonder what else there is to find.

 

[Hollywood Duo]

That's the hangar for the flying saucer.