The Great Pyramid of Khufu still holds its secrets
By the standards of our modern scientific and architectural progress, it is still remains greatest man-made structure of the ancient world.
This isn’t just an empty phrase repeated out of national pride for our connection to this grand civilization and our magnificent Pharaonic ancestors. The undeniable truth, attested to by people everywhere, is that King Khufu’s pyramid, standing firm on the Giza plateau, is the only surviving wonder of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
That is why the Persian proverb, “Everything fears time, but time fears the pyramids,” became so well-known.
Since the beginning of what is now known as Egyptology, a field less than two centuries old, many researchers have tried to uncover the pyramid’s secrets using the latest techniques of their time.
Their research has added a significant amount of information, but a question has always remained: “Is this everything?”
The answer is always a firm no, for the simple reason that every time we, as archaeologists, uncover something inside the pyramid, new worlds open up before us – filled with more questions and secrets.
A French expedition made a hole on the side of the tunnel leading to the second chamber, which is mistakenly called the “Queen’s Chamber,” and sand poured out of the hole! After this, they announced everywhere that there were hidden secrets behind this wall.
Before that, a Stanford University expedition came with the most advanced scientific devices of the time and claimed there were secret rooms inside the pyramid, but they were unable to reach them despite being certain of their existence.
Following them, Japanese Egyptologist Sakuji Yoshimura and his respectable scientific team took measurements on the southern side of the pyramid and said that there was a large tunnel on that side.