Why are people using infrared to look for new chambers and passages? Muon detectors, using cosmic rays for the source, were used in the 1960s to conclude:<p>> We can say with confidence that no chambers with volumes similar to the four known chambers in Cheops's and Sneferu's pyramids exist in the mass of limestone investigated by cosmic-ray absorption. The volume of the pyramid probed in this manner is defined by a vertically oriented cone, of half-angle 35 degrees, with its point resting in the Belzoni Chamber. The explored volume is 19 percent of the pyramid's volume. We hope that with minor modifications to the apparatus the complete mass of limestone can be searched for chambers. - <a href="http://www2.lns.mit.edu/fisherp/AlvarezPyramids.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www2.lns.mit.edu/fisherp/AlvarezPyramids.pdf</a><p>That's one of the reasons we know for certainty there is no large, unknown grain storage chamber in those pyramids.
I wonder why they cannot use ultrasound or something similar where they "ping" in different locations, then pick up the result by various microphones attached to locations all over the pyramid. I don't know a whole lot about this type of engineering so if someone has an answer I would very much appreciate.<p>On another note, if they open it up and find out it's been filled with grain this whole time I might have to consider voting for Ben Carson.
It could be a coincidence, but I wonder if this piece (published 3 days ago) was inpsired by this 6-day old Reddit thread: "ELI5: Why don't we already know everything that's inside the pyramids?" <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3s7ljo/eli5_why_dont_we_already_know_everything_thats/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3s7ljo/e...</a>
Once we have nanobot cameras we can send them in through the cracks. All the more reason to invent nanobot cameras.<p>Well, that and the amazing medical imaging they could be used for.
> Either way, National Geographic reports that the Egyptian authorities are already interested in the idea of marketing tourist access to any chambers that might be found<p>I am a big history nerd. I will literally say, I love this history shit. You can see how passionate I am about learning history.<p>But I am concerned about this statement. Does a historical figure deserve to have his or her tomb to be further explored, displayed, and made for profit?<p>Is there a balance between learning about ancient culture and respecting the dead?
Why do we still think that they were built with chisel and hammer when we know is impossible with these tools to cut the stones from king chamber to laser precision or cut stones to make a perfectly symmetric pharaoh statue?