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Making a ‘terrible’ telescope to use cosmic rays to probe the great pyramid

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Egyptian pyramid complex – Photo: GETTY IMAGES

According to NBC News (USA), this is the latest attempt to uncover the mysteries hidden deep within the great pyramid.

After thousands of years, scientists and archaeologists still do not fully understand every nook and cranny of the majestic pyramids in Egypt. It is also challenging to simulate the internal spatial structure accurately.

Dr. Alan Bross – scientist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (USA) – and his colleagues planned to set up a large-capacity telescope.

The telescope will scan the pyramid with “muons” – high-energy particles created when cosmic rays from outer space enter Earth’s atmosphere.

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Muons enter the Earth’s atmosphere – Photo: SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY

“It’s a natural form of radiation,” says Dr. Bross. “Muons are still constantly ‘intruding’ into the Earth, but the application of this particle is still quite limited.”

According to Dr Bross, cosmic muons can pass through solid objects more efficiently than X-rays, which are commonly used to take X-rays. So muons can move inside the pyramid, interacting with materials like earth, brick, stone, deflecting energy and light.

Tracking the interactions between muons and these structures could help the team sketch out images of the interior of the pyramid, especially mysterious locations previously unknown to archaeologists such as compartments, tunnels, secret rooms…

A muon-scanning telescope can be visualized as a pyramid X-ray, but with stronger performance and greater accuracy.

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Explore the pyramid with cosmic rays – Photo: PBS

The Great Pyramid of Giza is currently the largest of the pyramids in Ancient Egypt. Egyptologists generally agree that the pyramid was built over a 24-year period from about 2560 BC.

140m high and in the list of 7 wonders of the ancient world, the great pyramid still has many mysteries waiting to be discovered.

In 1960, the famous American physicist Luis Alvarez first came up with the idea of ​​​​using a type of cosmic ray to probe the pyramid.

According to the American Physical Society, Luis Alvarez’s team scanned cosmic rays through about 19% of the pyramid’s area but did not find any new details such as tunnels, cavities or strange objects.

Currently, Dr. Alan Bross and his colleagues are still quite optimistic about their plan to use muons to probe the pyramids of Giza.

His team is currently calling for finance from large businesses and organizations in the US to soon realize this ambition.

What is the solution to the mystery of building the pyramids? What is the solution to the mystery of building the pyramids?

TTO – Recently, archaeologists think they can partly explain the biggest secret of the Pyramids: how the ancient Egyptians were able to transport extremely heavy stones up high.

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