WVK Wrote:
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> Hermione Wrote:
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> > Archaeologists are planning to scan the Great
> > Pyramid of Giza with cosmic rays with such
> detail,
> > they should see every hidden chamber inside
> >
> > The Great Pyramid of Giza might be the most
> iconic
> > structure humans ever built. Ancient
> civilizations
> > constructed archaeological icons that are a
> > testament to their greatness and persistence.
> But
> > in some respects, the Great Pyramid stands
> alone.
> > Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, only
> > the Great Pyramid stands relatively intact.
> >
> > A team of scientists will use advances in High
> > Energy Physics (HIP) to scan the Great Pyramid
> of
> > Khufu at Giza with cosmic-ray muons. They want
> to
> > see deeper into the Great Pyramid than ever
> before
> > and map its internal structure. The effort is
> > called the Explore the Great Pyramid (EGP)
> > mission.
> >
> >
> [www.universetoday.com]
>
>
> From the article:
> gists
> There’s bound to be some drama when scientists use
> modern high-energy physics to probe one of
> humanity’s most ancient archaeological treasures.
> Some Egyptologists seem possessive and might view
> physicists as interlopers in their field. They
> might not like physicists using mysterious
> particles from outer space to open the veil on our
> ancient past.

When ScanPyramids discovered the Big Void in 2017, it was big news. It caused some controversy, too. Egyptologist Zahi Hawass pooh-poohed the findings. He told the New York Times that “They found nothing…This paper offers nothing to Egyptology. Zero.”

Why would “some Egyptologists” not be interested in the data this project produces?
Any why did Hawass say what he said.
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