Tag Archive for 'Great Pyramid'

The Khufu Pyramid. Image credit: Douwe C. van der Zee / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Great Pyramid of Giza’s Design Naturally Shields It from Earthquakes, Archaeologists Say

May 27, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

For more than four and a half millennia, the Khufu Pyramid has stood on the Giza plateau, enduring dozens of earthquakes without serious structural damage....

East-West cut view of the Great Pyramid and front view of the North face Chevron area: (a) subterranean chamber; (b) queen’s chamber; (c) grand gallery; (d) king’s chamber; (e) descending corridor; (f) ascending corridor; (g) al-Ma’mun corridor; (h) north face Chevron area; (i) ScanPyramids Big Void with horizontal hypothesis (red hatching) and inclined hypothesis (green hatching). Image credit: Procureur et al., doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36351-0.

Cosmic-Ray Muons Reveal Hidden Structure in Khufu’s Pyramid

Mar 6, 2023 by News Staff

Khufu’s Pyramid is one of the largest archaeological monuments all over the world, which still holds many mysteries. In 2016 and 2017, the ScanPyramids...

The remains of the 4,500-year-old ramp were found at the site of Hatnub, Egypt. Image credit: Yannis Gourdon / French Institute for Oriental Archaeology / University of Liverpool.

Archaeologists Uncover 4,500-Year-Old Ramp System at Alabaster Quarry in Egypt

Nov 7, 2018 by News Staff

An international team of archaeologists from the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology in Cairo, Egypt, and the University of Liverpool, UK, has discovered...

Pyramids at Giza in Egypt. Image credit: Catharina.

Muon Detectors Reveal Hidden Chamber in Great Pyramid of Giza

Nov 3, 2017 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of archaeologists, physicists and engineers has found a 100-foot (30 m) long space deep inside the Great Pyramid, or Khufu’s Pyramid,...