A Kyushu University team expects to arrive in Egypt and rescan the great pyramid of Giza all over again to verify and pin point a void discovered almost two years back
Back in 2017, scientists found a secret chamber inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt. The Japanese are now planning to re do the activity and find the chambers with a high degree of accuracy.
As part of the ScanPyramids project that dates back to 2015 the chamber was found using cosmic-ray imaging and by recording subatomic particles.
ScanPyramids 2017 Video Report from HIP Institute on Vimeo.
Now the a Kyushu University team expects to arrive in Egypt and rescan the wonder all over again. The Pyramid is believed to be final resting place of Pharaoh Khufu at around 2580 BC-2560 BC.
The head of the project Sakuji Yoshimura said that the cavity is way too large from an archaeological perspective and that his team is keen to verify the findings.
The team intends to deploy a newly developed muon detector that will operate for a month inside the Queen’s Chamber, which is located in the lower part of the giant structure. The accumulated data will be combined with findings from a drone survey.
Some Egyptologists remain skeptical of the massive void and the Egyptian government approached Higashi Nippon International University in Iwaki, to verify the findings.
It is believed that in addition to Kyushu University, Tohoku University, the University of Tokyo and the Chiba Institute of Technology will also be responsible for other parts of the research project under Yoshimura.
The project is expected to be complete by Jun 2020 and a report is expected by Nov 2020.
