Discovery of a big void in Khufu’s Pyramid by observation of cosmic-ray muons

Kunihiro Morishima (), Mitsuaki Kuno, Akira Nishio, Nobuko Kitagawa, Yuta Manabe, Masaki Moto, Fumihiko Takasaki, Hirofumi Fujii, Kotaro Satoh, Hideyo Kodama, Kohei Hayashi, Shigeru Odaka, Sébastien Procureur, David Attié, Simon Bouteille, Denis Calvet, Christopher Filosa, Patrick Magnier, Irakli Mandjavidze, Marc Riallot, Benoit Marini, Pierre Gable, Yoshikatsu Date, Makiko Sugiura, Yasser Elshayeb, Tamer Elnady, Mustapha Ezzy, Emmanuel Guerriero, Vincent Steiger, Nicolas Serikoff, Jean-Baptiste Mouret, Bernard Charlès, Hany Helal and Mehdi Tayoubi ()
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Kunihiro Morishima: F-lab, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku
Mitsuaki Kuno: F-lab, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku
Akira Nishio: F-lab, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku
Nobuko Kitagawa: F-lab, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku
Yuta Manabe: F-lab, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku
Masaki Moto: F-lab, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku
Fumihiko Takasaki: High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Hirofumi Fujii: High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Kotaro Satoh: High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Hideyo Kodama: High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Kohei Hayashi: High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Shigeru Odaka: High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Sébastien Procureur: Institut de Recherche sur les lois Fondamentales de l’Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Université Paris Saclay
David Attié: Institut de Recherche sur les lois Fondamentales de l’Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Université Paris Saclay
Simon Bouteille: Institut de Recherche sur les lois Fondamentales de l’Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Université Paris Saclay
Denis Calvet: Institut de Recherche sur les lois Fondamentales de l’Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Université Paris Saclay
Christopher Filosa: Institut de Recherche sur les lois Fondamentales de l’Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Université Paris Saclay
Patrick Magnier: Institut de Recherche sur les lois Fondamentales de l’Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Université Paris Saclay
Irakli Mandjavidze: Institut de Recherche sur les lois Fondamentales de l’Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Université Paris Saclay
Marc Riallot: Institut de Recherche sur les lois Fondamentales de l’Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), Université Paris Saclay
Benoit Marini: HIP Institute
Pierre Gable: Emissive
Yoshikatsu Date: NHK Enterprises
Makiko Sugiura: Suave Images
Yasser Elshayeb: Cairo University
Tamer Elnady: Ain Shams University, Kasr el-Zaafaran
Mustapha Ezzy: Cairo University
Emmanuel Guerriero: Emissive
Vincent Steiger: HIP Institute
Nicolas Serikoff: HIP Institute
Jean-Baptiste Mouret: Inria
Bernard Charlès: Dassault Systèmes
Hany Helal: HIP Institute
Mehdi Tayoubi: HIP Institute

Nature, 2017, vol. 552, issue 7685, 386-390

Abstract: Cosmic-ray muon radiography has been used to non-invasively visualize the voids in the Great Pyramid (Khufu’s Pyramid), revealing a large void situated above the Grand Gallery.

Date: 2017
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