For the first time, the scientists told the media that what they had discovered beneath the pyramids could only be a real underground metropolis.
Underneath the core Khafre pyramid, scientists have found tunnels, pillars, walkways, and halls. The press was informed of this discovery, which was made by researchers from the Universities of Strathclyde and Pisa using satellite radar equipment.
According to one of the researchers, Corrado Malanga, magnified photos appear to depict an underground metropolis. The network, according to Malanga and Filippo Biondi, is 2.1 km (about a mile and a quarter) deep and may have existed before the pyramids, which were constructed some 4,500 years ago.
“We will uncover what can only be described as a true underground city—a whole hidden world of numerous structures—when we enlarge the images,” Malanga added.
Five structures near the foot of the pyramid, which is roughly ten miles southwest of Cairo, can be seen in three-dimensional photographs created with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology. These constructions are connected by geometric pathways, although it’s unclear what their purpose is.
Eight vertical columns that descend 2,125 feet into two enormous cubic chambers are more striking. This depth is over five times the height of the 448-foot Khafre pyramid. The stone cylinders are positioned in two rows from north to south, exactly matching the north, south, east, and west faces of the pyramids.
“We know it is a false signal if something shows up in one satellite’s scan but not the other,” Malanga stated. “There was no possibility of misunderstanding because the readings were entirely consistent.”
With its columns and cubes, the Khafre pyramid is 2,835 feet tall overall, taller than Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, which is 2,717 feet tall. Additionally, each pillar has a spiral walkway, which is odd considering that it was built 2,500 years before Jesus was born.
Similar to how radar tracks airplanes, SAR uses radar pulses to find items underground. From satellites 420 miles above the ground, the signals were transmitted.
According to Malanga, a false signal is produced if an object shows up in one satellite’s scan but not in the other. They ruled out misinterpretation because their readings were constant. The group also thought about how the cubes and pillars might have been a part of the pyramid’s base.
Beyond the foundations, however, SAR pictures also reveal a substantial dispersion of archeological artifacts that might point to an underground metropolis.
When archaeologist Robert Bauval asserted in the 1990s that the pyramids, which were constructed between 2,600 and 2,500 BC, aligned with the stars in the Orion constellation 10,500 years ago, interest in Egypt’s mysteries reached a climax. On the vernal equinox, the Sphinx, facing straight east, is in line with the sign of Leo. Some people think the Sphinx, which is shaped like a lion with a human head, is thousands of years older than previously believed.
Robert Schoch, a professor at Boston University, proposed that the Sphinx’s erosion was brought on by intense rainfall—something Egypt hasn’t experienced in almost 10,000 years.
Graham Hancock connected the sun’s rotation through the zodiac signs over a period of 43,200 years to the exact ratio between the Khufu pyramid’s dimensions and Earth’s measurements.
In his documentary, Bradley Walsh emphasized the accuracy of the pyramid’s construction, which may be possible with laser equipment today. It is said to have been constructed in 24 years with 2.3 million stone blocks, each weighing between 2.5 and 70 tons. Masons would have had to work 10 hours a day, 365 days a year, placing one brick every two minutes, according to Hancock’s calculations.
There are several theories regarding the pyramid’s construction, ranging from the usage of thousands of slaves to the more than 1,000-year-old concept of acoustic levitation, in which sound waves caused the blocks to become weightless.
After pointing to rare jewels in the deserts of North Africa as proof of an asteroid impact, Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe later proposed that the pyramids were bomb shelters from asteroid showers, which prompted the building of bunkers for safety.
