An underground ‘anomaly’, as archaeologists call it, has been discovered on Egypt’s Giza plateau, home to three major pyramids and the ruins of ancient buildings.
Researchers used ground-penetrating radar and electrical resistance tomography to scan the area of the Western Cemetery, which is next to the Great Pyramid – the Pyramid of Cheops.
They discovered what is recognizable as two underground chambers. One is shallow, the other is much deeper. The soil at this location has a much lower density, indicating that a lot of earth has been dug here.
According to archaeologists, these ‘rooms’ were definitely man-made and not nature, due to their flat shape, and that they were later deliberately covered with earth to conceal their location.
“The Giza Western Cemetery 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 approximately estimated, but its structure and location are unclear,” archaeologists said said.
The shallow chamber 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 point.
“We believe that the continuity of the shallow structure and the deep large structure is important. From the research results we cannot determine what material is causing the anomaly, but it could be a large underground archaeological structure.”
They hope that excavations will be done at this site later and that they will find out what kind of hidden dungeons there are.
