The city of ancient Egypt still has many unsolved mysteries, limited access from the government makes it difficult for researchers to examine the pyramids that are there. The Pyramids of Giza for example, until now many people are curious about how the inside of the pyramid is, is there a hidden room or maybe there is a treasure!
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To ensure all that, of course, must be done the opening of the wall which of course will damage the pyramid building and that is not wanted by the government. The scientist also suggested that an x-ray scan be carried out to find out the inside, but it turned out that the size of the pyramid was too large to be scanned.
In addition to x-ray scans, scientists are also working on making research robots capable of entering small holes in the Giza pyramids, but has it worked?
Here are 5 surprising facts about the Egyptian pyramids
5. Discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb
The discovery of the tomb of the Egyptian king Tutankhamun is considered one of the most important archaeological discoveries in history. This discovery was reportedly followed by a curse that befell the team of archaeologists who found the tomb of King Tutankhamun, the tomb of King Tutankhamun was originally discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter and George Herbert in the valley area of the king’s complex.
The Egyptian king’s burial complex is located on the west bank of the Nile, to be precise around the city of Tebe or Luxor, King Tutankhamun himself ruled Egypt from 1332 to 1323 BC or only about 10 years. This pharaoh, who was called the incarnation of the sun god, died at the age of 19, which made this discovery even more exciting because there was news saying that various curses appeared after the tomb was opened, ranging from the death of the excavation team to strange events. to the grave seekers.
A researcher named Howard Carter opened the tomb of King Tut, bad omens began to appear, charter’s pet canary was eaten by a cobra. This is considered a bad omen because the cobra symbolizes the goddess who is often called eye of horror known as Egypt’s peacekeeper.
Charter had been warned to stop his research but he continued the research until finally he died of a strange disease. Because of this, the tomb was never disturbed again. Meanwhile, the other side said that many researchers died not because of a curse but because of the radioactive substance in it.
4. Discovery of Dog Graves
Researchers and archaeologists were surprised by the discovery of a mass grave containing millions of dog mummies in the southern city of Cairo, Egypt, this tomb is right next to Temple of The Anubis god of death in the form of a dog. From these findings, it is known that many dogs were buried at a young age and even still babies, this is a form of worship to the god Anubis, as said the head of the research team, Paul nichollvan.
Millions of these mummies are thought to have come from the Peak period of ancient Egypt, which is between 747 and 30 BC, this tomb measures 173 by 139 meters. In addition to the mummy and fossils of millions of dogs, there are a number of fossils of a wolf and 2 eagles.
3. The discovery of the construction of the pyramids
In addition to curiosity about the inside of the pyramid, many people also question how the pyramid was built. Try to imagine that in ancient Egypt at that time there were no heavy equipment such as begel, there was no sophisticated equipment as it is today, while the Giza pyramids stood strong and strong in the middle of the desert which was so vast, after being calculated using the Pythagorean formula, there were millions of gigantic boulders that made up the pyramids. Giza, so the question is where did these rocks come from.
To collect these stones to become a large building as we know it is already very difficult to understand, because there was no global elite at that time, so many attribute this to the intervention of aliens or jinns. Until finally the question was answered by the discovery of a boat carrying stones around the area.
New evidence discovered by archaeologists shows that ancient Egyptians transported more than 170,000 tons of limestone to build the pyramids of Giza. This information was revealed from ancient papyrus scrolls, as well as from pieces of former boat hulls and a network of waterways at the site of the pyramids. The results of this discovery finally reveal how this more than 4000 year old building was built in 2550 BC.
The information contained in the papyrus scroll was written by someone named Merer, he is known to be the one who led the construction of the pyramids. Archaeologists believe there were thousands of trained workers who used boats to navigate the canals dug along the Nile. The boats were held together by thick twisted ropes, some of which were still in good condition when found.
After collecting the building materials, workers took them to a construction site several tens of kilometers away, a total of about 2.3 million rock blocks were delivered this way over 2 decades. The papyrus reveals exclusive details about the Egyptian workers who worked hard to create one of these wonders of the world, the document dates to around 4.5 millennia and contains the routines of the workers.
From the paper also written the psychological state of the workers who worked hard to produce these masterpieces, these large stones were then piled up little by little until they became the pyramids they are today.
2. The Lost Pyramid Finds
Currently there are 3 pyramids standing upright in giza netropolis, later found some antique documents from the 18th century which say that there is a fourth pyramid missing in the complex, according to Frederick Norden, this pyramid is made of black stone as hard as granite, After a search it turned out that the structure had been dismantled in the late 1700s with conditions still unknown, although Egyptian archaeologists said they had found the remains of the mysterious pyramid.
Some believe that the pyramid may have been built for king Menkauhor.
1. The Secret Room Inside the Pyramid
For centuries scientists have been trying to find out what is inside the pyramids of Giza, the biggest challenge being examining the inside of the pyramids without entering them. International groups of scientists have used advanced technology to visualize the inside of the pyramids, this is the Scan Pyramids Mission project, a mission under the Heritage Innovation and Preservation Institute or HIP France, in collaboration with the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University and the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities.
Then how do they scan the pyramid, which is as big as the pyramid, in this mission, of course, cannot be separated from the role of physics.
On the earth we live in there are cosmic particles that permanently and naturally rain down on the earth, these particles are able to penetrate very deep material and this particle size is called Moun. By using a scan tool, scientists can count the number of moons that cross the pyramid, so that every time there is empty space in the pyramid, there will be more. Moun captured by the scanner.
The researchers found Moun in large numbers when scanning in the Queen’s room, it led scientists to assume that there was an empty space above the chamber. to be sure again, they re-scanned 3 times and the results were the same, thus making them sure that there was indeed a room in there.
The empty space is estimated to be horizontal or tilted, the purpose of making the room is still not clear, this makes scientists even more curious to see the inside, initially they planned to drill a small hole in the pyramid and then insert a robot into it, but unfortunately it didn’t happen. permitted by the government
But at least scientists and researchers already know the visualization of the room even though it is in the form of a 3-dimensional image.
