Egypt revealed today, Thursday, a hidden passage in the pyramid of Khufu (the Great Pyramid) in Giza near Cairo, with a length of nine meters and a width of more than two meters, as a result of an international research project that has been going on for seven years.
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa said during a press conference in front of the Great Pyramid, according to a ministry statement. "A gabled corridor (a polygonal geometric design similar to the upper part of a triangle) was discovered on the northern face of the Great Pyramid of King Khufu, with a length of 9 meters and a width of about 2.10 meters.".
The project relies on conducting a survey of the inside of the pyramid using advanced technology that does not need to be excavated, to discover possible unknown voids or internal structures and to try to find construction methods that are still mysterious.
The pyramid of Khufu, known as the Great Pyramid, is 146 meters long, and it is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was built more than 4,500 years ago on the Giza Plateau, west of Cairo. It contains three well-known rooms. It was built like the rest of the pyramids of Egypt as a tomb for the pharaoh.
And Khufu is the second pharaoh of the Fourth Egyptian Dynasty, which dates back to the twenty-sixth century BC.
Hawass said during the conference that he "It is very likely that this corridor protects something… In my personal opinion, it may be the burial chamber of King Khufu".
