This is stated in message Technical University of Munich. The space is located in the northern part of the building. Scientists believe that the tunnel was built to reduce the weight of the pyramid.
Archaeologists were able to discover it using the latest scientific equipment in the field of infrared thermography, photogrammetry, 3D scanners and reconstruction software.
The length of the tunnel is nine meters, and the width is more than two meters. The researchers emphasized that there are no signs of human traces in the discovered space, the tunnel has not been visited by anyone for the past 4500 years — since the pyramid was created.
The head of the expedition, Zahi Hawass, said that the discovered corridor could protect something. "In my opinion, the tomb of Pharaoh Khufu is hidden behind it," he emphasized.
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