Archaeologists Discover a Buried ‘Second City’ Beneath Giza’s Pyramids
Scientists have announced a new discovery of an underground city beneath the Egyptian pyramids. The announcement comes just months after the first reports of an underground city beneath Khafre’s pyramid, reports Metro.
The latest finds, said to be located beneath the Pyramid of Menkaure, suggest the existence of a large underground complex that may connect all three pyramids at Giza.
A team of researchers led by Italian scientist Filippo Biondi previously announced the discovery of columnar structures beneath the Pyramid of Khafre. According to Biondi, tomographic scans now reveal a similar structure beneath the Pyramid of Menkaure.
“An objective analysis of the tomographic data, which, like the experimental measurements, clearly indicates that the structures we found under the pyramid of Khafre are also present under the pyramid of Menkaure,” Biondi said.
He noted that these consistent features support their theory that the pyramids are part of a vast interconnected system buried hundreds of meters below the surface.
“This network probably consists of a dense system of tunnels connecting the main underground structures,” he added.
The team believes that the pillars beneath Khafre are more than 600 metres long and have spiral shapes, while fewer such features are expected beneath Menkaure due to its smaller size.
Researchers suggest that the structures could have been built 38,000 years ago by an ancient civilization that existed before known Egyptian history and was destroyed by a global catastrophe about 12,800 years ago.
This controversial hypothesis has met with widespread skepticism, particularly because the research results have not been peer-reviewed or published in any reputable archaeological journal.
Experts continue to urge caution. Monica Hanna, an Egyptologist and dean of the academic faculty, dismissed the claims as “completely baseless” and called the project “a complete fraud.”
Similarly, radar expert Professor Lawrence Conyers of the University of Denver criticised the technology used, saying it was not capable of penetrating to such depths. While he acknowledged that scientific debate was necessary, he stressed the importance of using reliable methods.
Most archaeologists agree that without physical excavations there is no conclusive evidence to support the existence of any hidden cities beneath the pyramids.
