Hidden underground rooms discovered near the Cheops pyramid
On the Egyptian Giza plateau, where there are three large pyramids and the ruins of ancient buildings, an underground “anomaly”, as archaeologists have called it, has been discovered.
Researchers used ground penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography to scan the area of the Western Cemetery, which is next to the Great Pyramid – the Pyramid of Cheops.
They discovered what can be recognized as two underground rooms. One is shallow, the other is much deeper. The soil in this place has a much lower density, which suggests that a lot of earth was dug here.
According to archaeologists, these “chambers” were definitely man-made rather than nature-made due to their flat shape, and that they were later deliberately covered with earth to hide their location.
“The Western Cemetery of Giza is known as an important burial place for members of the royal family and dignitaries of the state. The size of the anomaly can be approximated, but its structure and location are unclear,” archaeologists said.
The shallow room is 10 meters wide and 15 meters long. Its height is 2 meters. It is believed that it was built to support a larger and deeper chamber, which is approximately 5 meters high at its lowest point and 10 meters high at its highest.
“We believe that the continuity of the shallow structure and the deep large structure is important. From the survey results, we cannot determine the material causing the anomaly, but it may be a large subsurface archaeological structure.”
They hope that excavations will be carried out in this place later and they will find out what kind of hidden dungeons there are.
