Precise characterization of a corridor-shaped structure in Khufu’s Pyramid by observation of cosmic-ray muons

oleh: Sébastien Procureur, Kunihiro Morishima, Mitsuaki Kuno, Yuta Manabe, Nobuko Kitagawa, Akira Nishio, Hector Gomez, David Attié, Ami Sakakibara, Kotaro Hikata, Masaki Moto, Irakli Mandjavidze, Patrick Magnier, Marion Lehuraux, Théophile Benoit, Denis Calvet, Xavier Coppolani, Mariam Kebbiri, Philippe Mas, Hany Helal, Mehdi Tayoubi, Benoit Marini, Nicolas Serikoff, Hamada Anwar, Vincent Steiger, Fumihiko Takasaki, Hirofumi Fujii, Kotaro Satoh, Hideyo Kodama, Kohei Hayashi, Pierre Gable, Emmanuel Guerriero, Jean-Baptiste Mouret, Tamer Elnady, Yasser Elshayeb, Mohamed Elkarmoty

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01

Deskripsi

Khufu’s Pyramid is one of the largest archaeological monuments in the world, and still contains unexplored voids. Here, the authors use cosmic-ray muon radiography in multiple positions to precisely characterize one of these inner structures called the North Face Corridor.