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New “rooms” discovered in Great Pyramid of Giza

[Egyptians ride their carts past the Great Pyramid of Cheops, aka Pyramid of Khufu, on August 31, 2016 on the Giza Plateau. AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki]

Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza could contain more secrets, as researchers have recently discovered extra cavities in the grand structure.

Scan Pyramids, a collaborative project involving several universities, companies and scientific institutes, discovered the new findings using muography, a technology similar to x-rays.

“These elementary particles, weighing around 200 times more than electrons, can very easily pass through any structure, even large and thick rocks, such as mountains,“ researcher Mehdi Tayoubi told the Telegraph.

The technology led the team to uncover a previously unknown cavity in the pyramid’s northeastern edge, and another one behind the structure’s sloping corridor.

“We are now able to confirm the existence of a ‘void’ hidden behind the North Face, that could have the form of at least one corridor going inside the Great Pyramid,” the team said in a press release. “The precise shape, size, and exact position of this void is now under further investigation. It should be done with the help of 12 new Muon Emulsion plates that are installed in the descending corridor, and will be collected by the end of October 2016.”

Researchers will continue to explore data inside the pyramid’s Khufu’s Queen Chamber. They expect to have results by the first three months of 2017.