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Noobing4fun t1_jb0awqh wrote

Reply to comment by marketrent in Cosmic rays reveal measurements of a concealed corridor in the Great Pyramid of Giza by marketrent

Forgive my ignorance, but if hidden corridors were discovered as far back as 2016, why aren't they fully explored as yet? I would have thought every nook and cranny of all pyramids would have been fully gone over a long time ago.

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armchairepicure t1_jb0fmpp wrote

The coverage I read (National Geographic) described these voids as structural only and without any speculation that they might be hidden chambers.

If that’s the case, it comes as no surprise that they haven’t been explored. No one wants to make a Pyramid tumble down to check out what is basically a structural feature.

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rutefoot t1_jb0o3pb wrote

They use endoscopic cameras, not pull out the bottom blocks like a game of Jenga

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armchairepicure t1_jb0pe7e wrote

The article discussed at length that no one understood how the voids would improve structural engineering. I would hazard that they want to think about that more before doing anything.

I’d also imagine that they’d need approval from the Egyptian government and I would also hazard those approvals might not be forthcoming without an abundance of evidence that any sort of exploration would have zero affect on the structure’s integrity:

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ASteelDrivingMan t1_jb0f7kf wrote

It’s probably behind several dozen feet of granite blocks. Getting there would require (carefully) drilling through them to get there.

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