Egyptian officials revealed the discovery of a mysterious, 30-foot-long corridor sealed off inside the Pyramid of Khufu on Thursday. It was discovered using modern scanning.
revealed the discovery of a mysterious, 30-foot-long corridor sealed off inside one of the Pyramids of Giza on Thursday.
The area went undetected by archeologists for hundreds of years and was only discovered now thanks to modern scanning equipment. Issa credited the international Scan Pyramids Project for making the find. Tourists visit the Great Pyramid of Khufu at the Giza Pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of Cairo, on March 2, 2023.An image of a hidden corridor inside the Great Pyramid of Giza is displayed during a news conference led by the Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa.
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