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Discovery of a big void in Khufu’s Pyramid by observation of cosmic-ray muons

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  • Kunihiro Morishima

    (F-lab, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku)

  • Mitsuaki Kuno

    (F-lab, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku)

  • Akira Nishio

    (F-lab, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku)

  • Nobuko Kitagawa

    (F-lab, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku)

  • Yuta Manabe

    (F-lab, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku)

  • Masaki Moto

    (F-lab, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku)

  • Fumihiko Takasaki

    (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK))

  • Hirofumi Fujii

    (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK))

  • Kotaro Satoh

    (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK))

  • Hideyo Kodama

    (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK))

  • Kohei Hayashi

    (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK))

  • Shigeru Odaka

    (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK))

  • Sébastien Procureur

    (Institut de Recherche sur les lois Fondamentales de l’Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Université Paris Saclay)

  • David Attié

    (Institut de Recherche sur les lois Fondamentales de l’Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Université Paris Saclay)

  • Simon Bouteille

    (Institut de Recherche sur les lois Fondamentales de l’Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Université Paris Saclay)

  • Denis Calvet

    (Institut de Recherche sur les lois Fondamentales de l’Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Université Paris Saclay)

  • Christopher Filosa

    (Institut de Recherche sur les lois Fondamentales de l’Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Université Paris Saclay)

  • Patrick Magnier

    (Institut de Recherche sur les lois Fondamentales de l’Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Université Paris Saclay)

  • Irakli Mandjavidze

    (Institut de Recherche sur les lois Fondamentales de l’Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Université Paris Saclay)

  • Marc Riallot

    (Institut de Recherche sur les lois Fondamentales de l’Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Université Paris Saclay)

  • Benoit Marini

    (HIP Institute)

  • Pierre Gable

    (Emissive)

  • Yoshikatsu Date

    (NHK Enterprises)

  • Makiko Sugiura

    (Suave Images)

  • Yasser Elshayeb

    (Cairo University)

  • Tamer Elnady

    (Ain Shams University, Kasr el-Zaafaran)

  • Mustapha Ezzy

    (Cairo University)

  • Emmanuel Guerriero

    (Emissive)

  • Vincent Steiger

    (HIP Institute)

  • Nicolas Serikoff

    (HIP Institute)

  • Jean-Baptiste Mouret

    (Inria
    CNRS
    Université de Lorraine)

  • Bernard Charlès

    (Dassault Systèmes)

  • Hany Helal

    (HIP Institute
    Cairo University)

  • Mehdi Tayoubi

    (HIP Institute
    Dassault Systèmes)

Abstract

Cosmic-ray muon radiography has been used to non-invasively visualize the voids in the Great Pyramid (Khufu’s Pyramid), revealing a large void situated above the Grand Gallery.

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  • Kunihiro Morishima & Mitsuaki Kuno & Akira Nishio & Nobuko Kitagawa & Yuta Manabe & Masaki Moto & Fumihiko Takasaki & Hirofumi Fujii & Kotaro Satoh & Hideyo Kodama & Kohei Hayashi & Shigeru Odaka & Sé, 2017. "Discovery of a big void in Khufu’s Pyramid by observation of cosmic-ray muons," Nature, Nature, vol. 552(7685), pages 386-390, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:552:y:2017:i:7685:d:10.1038_nature24647
    DOI: 10.1038/nature24647
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