Mystery 30-foot chamber discovered inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid

Egyptian officers revealed the invention of a mysterious, 30-foot-long hall sealed off inside one of many Pyramids of Giza on Thursday.

Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa described the invention in a Thursday press occasion, saying the chamber is considered some 4,500 years outdated. The hall, which lies above the principle entrance to the Pyramid of Khufu, is sort of 30 ft lengthy and roughly 6 ft extensive.

The space went undetected by archeologists for a whole lot of years and was solely found now due to fashionable scanning tools. Issa credited the worldwide Scan Pyramids Project (SPP) for making the discover.

Experts don’t but have an evidence for why the hall was made. Christian Grosse, professor of non-destructive testing on the Technical University of Munich and a number one member of the SPP, stated they hope the hall will result in additional discoveries.

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Tourists go to the Great Pyramid of Khufu on the Giza Pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of Cairo, on March 2, 2023. (Khaled Desouki/AFP through Getty Images)

A hidden hall was found by researchers from the Scan Pyramids Project. (Reuters)

An picture of a hidden hall contained in the Great Pyramid of Giza is displayed throughout a information convention led by the Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa. (Reuters)

Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa talks to the media in entrance of the Great Pyramid of Giza. (Reuters)

‘’There are two massive limestones on the finish chamber, and now the query is what’s behind these stones and under the chamber,’’ Grosse stated.

The Pyramid of Khufu is called after the fourth dynasty pharaoh who ordered its building, from 2509 to 2483 B.C. The Pyramids of Giza and different remnants of historical Egypt are chargeable for a big portion of the fashionable Egyptian economic system, bringing vacationers from everywhere in the world.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.