Scientists have discovered a previously unknown corridor in the Great Pyramid of Giza.
According to CNN, a nine-meter-long hidden corridor was discovered near the main entrance to the 4,500-year-old pyramid.
The discovery inside the Great Pyramid of Cheops, the last of the seven surviving wonders of the ancient world, was made as part of the Scan Pyramids project, which uses non-invasive technologies including infrared thermography, 3D modeling, and cosmic ray imaging to look inside the building.
Scientists suggest that the discovery could lead to further historical discoveries.
“We are going to continue scanning to see what we can do … to find out what we can find under it or at the end of this corridor,” Mustafa Waziri, Egypt’s longtime head of the Supreme Council, told reporters.
Pyramid of Cheops – what is known about it
The Great Pyramid of Giza was built as a monumental tomb around 2560 BC. during the reign of Pharaoh Khufu, or Cheops.
Immediately after construction, its height reached 146 meters (now 139 meters). It was the tallest building for several thousand years before the construction of the Eiffel Tower in Paris in 1889.