Corridor discovered in Great Pyramid

A hidden passage has been discovered close to the main entrance of the 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt


Great Pyramid: Constructed around 2560 BC during reign of Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops)

Height: 139m

Queen’s chamber

King’s chamber

Void at least 30m long detected in 2017

Grand gallery

North face chevron area

Subterranean chamber

Descending corridor

50m 164ft
 
Corridor: About 7m above main entrance


Passage detected using cosmic-ray muon radiography. Images of corridor with vaulted ceiling captured by endoscope camera inserted between small gaps in stones

CORRIDOR 
Length: 9m 
Width: 2.1m

Human to scale

Corridor created to redistribute pyramid’s weight around entrance, or another as yet undiscovered chamber, scientists believe

Main entrance

Al-Ma’mun corridor


Source: Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities (EMA)
Pictures: Newscom, Olaf Tausch 
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