How scientists are using cosmic radiation to peek inside the pyramids
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How scientists are using cosmic radiation to peek inside the pyramids
By 13 October 2016 Mehdi Tayoubi already knew his ScanPyramids project was on the right track. That was the day Tayoubi and his team met with a committee of Egyptologists to tell them about the small, previously unknown cavity they’d found in the north face of the Pyramid of Khufu, also known as the Great Pyramid of Giza. The ScanPyramids project had begun just 12 months earlier, but was already yielding promising results.
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Then later, in 2017, it struck gold: a huge void was detected deep within the 4,500-year-old pyramid. Although the void’s precise orientation was unknown, Tayoubi’s team was able to confirm that it was about 30 metres long and situated above the Grand Gallery – the corridor linking the Queen’s chamber to the chamber containing Pharaoh Khufu’s sarc
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Pyramids were built for over a millennium in ancient Egypt. During that time, we can discern a definite trend in their development, experimentation, ambition, and the peak precision in building the Great Pyramid of Khufu, followed by a long period of architectural decline.
So far, we have traced the earliest mounds at Abydos over 7,000 years ago to the burial and funerary mounds of Pharaoh Khasekhemwy circa 2680 BC. These were symbols of resurrection and royal divinity, ripe with magical potential. They were still, however, relatively unimposing. When did the Egyptian mounds first become mountains? The biggest leap forward on the road to building the Great Pyramid occurred under the 3rd Dynasty Pharaoh Djoser and his famous architect: Imhotep.
NEW artist impressions reveal how the entrance of the re-developed Queen’s Market will look. A new planning application for the development has been submitted as demolition work gets underway on the Queen s Buildings in Rhyl, ahead of its multi-million pound transformation. Denbighshire County Council have appointed contractor Wye Valley Demolition to demolish unsafe areas and to remove any remaining asbestos. The local authority is working with private sector development partners, including Ion Development, to transform the Queen’s Market into a mix of retail, food and beverage, contemporary market, office and residential space. Accessibility from the waterfront and promenade into the town centre will also be improved.