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Recent scans of the Pyramid of Menkaure on the Giza Plateau have revealed something remarkable: two previously unknown cavities. Researchers with the ScanPyramids project used non-destructive methods ...

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For much of human history, stories about the construction of Egypt’s Great Pyramids were rooted in rumor rather than research. The Greek historian and geographer Herodotus, who famously counted the ...

Too soon to say if they may indicate undiscovered secret chambers, experts say. — -- While the discovery of "thermal anomalies" at Egypt's Giza pyramids by an international group of scientists ...

Unreported Heritage News is quoting Dr. Gerry Scott, director of the American Research Center in Egypt, who provides an assessment of the damage sustained by a few major archeological sites in the ...

For 5,000 years scholars, generals, and mystics have been fascinated by the Egyptian pyramids. That obsession persists in the modern age. Today the Pyramids of Giza are surrounded by desert. But 4,600 ...

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