Ancient Mystery Solved? Researchers Find Anomalies in Giza Pyramid

Researchers from Cairo University and the Technical University of Munich, as part of the ScanPyramids research project, identified two air filled areas deep within the pyramid in Giza the Pyramid of Menkaure.
The discovery confirms a 2019 hypothesis and sheds light on how the iconic structure was built and designed.

Since 2019, the polished granite stones on the eastern side of the Pyramid of Menkaure, have puzzled researchers. The stones cover an area approximately 4X6 meters.
Stones of this type are only found in what is currently considered the only entrance to the pyramid on its northern side, mostly made of limestone.

Currently, in research published in the journal NDT & E International, a team from Cairo University and the Technical University of Munich studied the eastern side of the pyramid as part of the ScanPyramids project.
Using testing methods and ground penetrating radar, ultrasound scans and electrical resistance tomography, the researchers clearly identified the air filled cavities.

The pyramid was built by Menkaure, a pharaoh who ruled Egypt, around the mid third millennium BCE.
Like other pyramids of that era, it was intended to serve as his tomb.
The areas identified in the scans are located about 1.5 meters and 1.2 meters, measuring 1 meter high by 1.5 meters wide and 0.9 meters high by 0.7 meters wide, respectively.

Such precise determination was possible by combining all measurement data using an Image Fusion method. In 2023, a hidden corridor was discovered in the Great Pyramid of Giza, built for Pharaoh Khufu, also of the Fourth Dynasty, around the mid third millennium BCE, intended as his tomb.
The current discovery sheds further light on the mystery of the Giza complex.

The way that we can test the pyramid is high developed methods that allows very precise conclusions about the interior of the pyramid tryinng not to damage the valuable structure.
The hypothesis of an additional entrance to the pyramid is now public, and our research findings bring us a significant confirmation,” said Professor Christian Gross from the Technical University of Munich, who specializes in the type of non destructive testing applied in Menkaure Pyramid.