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What is the purpose of the newly discovered passage in Egypt's Great Pyramid?
What is the purpose of the newly discovered passage in Egypt's Great Pyramid?
- It was built as a secret escape route for the pharaoh.
- It was intended to lead to a hidden treasure room.
- It may have been built to protect the burial chamber of King Khufu. (correct)
- It was created to provide ventilation to the pyramid's interior.
What non-invasive and non-destructive techniques were used to discover the hidden passage in the Great Pyramid?
What non-invasive and non-destructive techniques were used to discover the hidden passage in the Great Pyramid?
- Excavation and drilling
- Sonar and radar imaging
- Infra-red thermography, muon radiography imaging, and 3D reconstruction (correct)
- Carbon dating and DNA analysis
What is the ScanPyramids project?
What is the ScanPyramids project?
- A project to build a replica of the Great Pyramid in Las Vegas
- A project to restore the Sphinx to its original condition
- A collaboration between major universities in France, Germany, Canada, and Japan, and a group of Egyptian experts to study the Great Pyramid (correct)
- A project to excavate the entire Giza plateau
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- A hidden passage has been discovered inside Egypt's Great Pyramid as part of a seven-year international research project.
- The passage is 9m long and more than 2m wide, with a triangular ceiling.
- The discovery was made using non-invasive and non-destructive techniques, including infra-red thermography, muon radiography imaging, and 3D reconstruction.
- The Great Pyramid is the largest in Giza, standing 146m tall, and is the only surviving structure of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
- The pyramid was built around 4500 years ago and was intended as a pharaoh's tomb.
- The newly discovered passage may have been built to protect the burial chamber of King Khufu, who is believed to be buried in the pyramid.
- The ScanPyramids project is a collaboration between major universities in France, Germany, Canada, and Japan, and a group of Egyptian experts.
- The project is supervised by archaeologist Zahi Hawass, Egypt's former antiquities minister.
- In 2017, ScanPyramids announced the discovery of a passenger plane-sized cavity inside the Great Pyramid.
- The technology used in the project allows researchers to visualise hidden parts of the pyramid's interior without having to excavate it.
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