The nebulous void in Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza was discovered to be due to amazing subatomic particles called muons.
Scientists first identified the vacuum in 2016 using muons, heavy relatives of electrons that can penetrate solid materials. He thought there was a hole in the corridor, an empty site near the chevron-shaped structure visible on the north face of the pyramid. In addition, muon measurements have revealed new features in vacuum size and shape, scientists from the ScanPyramid team report March 2 in Nature Communications.
The new muon measurements indicate that there is an empty 9-meter-long corridor about 2 meters wide by 2 meters high, near the north face of the pyramid. ScanPyramides researchers made additional measurements with radar and ultrasonic testing, they reported on March 2. NDT & E International. The individual measurements allowed the scientists to use an endoscope to take photographs inside the room, which the team was told. The images reveal a corridor with a vaulted ceiling, which was probably not seen by humans when the pyramid was built more than 4,500 years ago. The purpose of the hallway is still unclear.
Muons are created when high-energy particles from space called cosmic rays collide into the Earth’s atmosphere. Muons are partially absorbed as they rain into structures such as pyramids. Using detectors placed inside the pyramid, the ScanPyramid scientists scanned the regions where more muons had passed through, indicating that they had passed through less material, which would indicate empty space.
Scientists have also recently used muons to prove the ancient Chinese wall (SN: 1/30/23) nuclear reactor and various volcanoes (SN: 4/22/22).
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