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Great pyramid’s hidden corridor raises a hard question about its original design

A corridor nearly 9 meters long and about 2 meters wide sits above the Great Pyramid’s original entrance, a discovery that ...
Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN

Hidden corridor in Khufu’s pyramid raises a larger engineering question

The Great Pyramid rarely rewards a simple answer. A newly characterized corridor behind its northern chevron has done the opposite of closing a mystery: it has sharpened a much larger engineering ...
KTVZ

How did ancient Egyptians stack those heavy stones of the oldest pyramid? Scientists float new theory

(CNN) — For years, Egyptologists have hotly debated how the massive pyramids of ancient Egypt were built more than 4,000 years ago. Now, a team of engineers and geologists brings a new theory to the ...
Washington Times

Pyramid scheme: Archaeologists question claim of ‘huge city’ beneath Egypt’s Giza Plateau

A research team’s astonishing claims that they discovered massive underground structures extending hundreds of feet deep beneath Egypt’s Khafre Pyramid sound like science fiction to experts. Scottish ...
Ars Technica

Newly found rooms in Sahura’s Pyramid challenge what we know of such structures

Over a century after a British archaeologist noted a blocked passageway in the ruins of Sahura’s Pyramid in Egypt and suggested it might lead to additional rooms, a team of Egyptian and German ...
Al-Monitor

Mysterious structure at Egypt’s pyramids could be undiscovered tomb

A mysterious structure has been discovered at Egypt’s pyramids, according to a recent report. What happened: The Archaeological Prospection journal published a report on May 5 detailing the findings ...
Indiatimes

Satellite radar study claims vast underground structures beneath the Giza Pyramid

News stories in March 2025 brought to light new claims that there are hidden buildings under the Pyramid of Khafre on the Giza plateau. A study group in Italy, using satellite radar images instead of ...