Research into the soil under a pyramid misses every ‘scientific ground’

In Egypt, a great annoyance was responded to a new theory that answers the pressing question: how were the world -famous pyramids really built? A team of Italian scientists made at the end of March known in a press conference That they found mysterious shafts under the pyramid of Chefren, which would lead to rooms six hundred meters underground.

The Khafre Research Project SAR Technology, as the collective calls itself, Gives further explanation on his Facebook page. Sar stands for Synthetic-APERTURE RADARa technique in which a three -dimensional representation of a piece of soil can be made with the help of satellites. This technique has combined the Italians with data that they obtained by scanning with so -called Ground Penetrating Radar Or soil radar.

According to the researchers, under the pyramid of Chefren, a total of eight vertical shafts, set up in two rows of four, from north to south. Around these pillars a spiral structure would run down, like a kind of staircase. Below would be even more structures. There might even be an underground city, or of the mysterious halls of Amenti, a porch of the underworld in Egyptian mythology.

The pyramid of Chefren stands on the famous Plateau van Gizh, near the Egyptian capital Cairo. It is the second largest pyramid here, and the tomb of Pharaoh Chefre. The structure was completed around 2570 BC and reaches the air up to about 140 meters. When archaeologists entered the nineteenth century, they found an empty burial chamber.

The new investigation into this last resting place was done by Corrado Malanga,,  » Filippo Biondi and Armando May. In various media is written That they would be affiliated with the universities of Pisa and Strathclyde (Glasgow), but a short search on the internet shows that they have nothing to do with these institutions (anymore). Their findings have not yet been published in an article in a peer -reviewed magazine.

Malanga previously wrote a book about alien beings, so it is not surprising that his newest discovery came across some skepticism among archaeologists. The loudest voice in the choir of critics is Zahi Hawass, the former Egyptian Minister of Antiquities who forms a well -known appearance with his striking hat in many documentary about the time of the Pharaohs. On his Facebook page He makes the stove with the work of the Italians.

Firstly, they have investigated Chordens Graf without official permission. In addition, according to Hawass, there is no soil radar at all Used for the research inside the pyramid. He therefore calls the conclusions presented by the Italians « without scientific ground. » Earlier research shows that the pyramid rests on the rocks carved from about eight meters deep. There is nothing underneath, says Hawass.