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However, what it was created for is still a mystery.</p> <p>On Thursday, <a href="https://mota.gov.eg/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A2%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AC-%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B2/" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow"><em>Egypt's Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities</em></a> announced the existence of a newly discovered chamber on the northern side of the Pyramid of Khufu, “The Great Pyramid of Egypt,” on the <a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/opinion-editorials/giza-time-keeper-ages-alignments-measurements-and-moon-cycles-006436">Giza</a> plateau outside Cairo.</p> <p>In 2017, a team of scientists announced in <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/nature24647" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow">a Nature report</a> they had scanned another sealed-off chamber inside the <a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa/great-white-pyramid-0011189">Pyramid of Khufu</a>, measuring 30-meters (98.43 ft). Now, the recently announced sealed-off room was identified directly above the main entrance to the Great Pyramid, and it measures 9 meters (29.52 ft) in length by 2 meters (6.56 ft) wide.</p> <p align="center"><img alt="The endoscope image of the newly found chamber above the entrance of the Great Pyramid. (MOTA)" class="media-image" height="438" style="width: 610px; height: 438px;" width="610" typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/endoscope.jpg?itok=Rm_p_K2L" /></p> <p align="center"><em>The endoscope image of the newly found chamber above the entrance of the Great Pyramid. (</em><a href="https://mota.gov.eg/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A2%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AC-%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B2/" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow"><em>MOTA</em></a><em>)</em></p> <h2>Antiquity, Is No Hurdle For This Team</h2> <p>Great <a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa/has-function-great-pyramid-giza-finally-come-light-009861">speculation surrounds the original purpose</a> of this mesmeric structure known as the Great Pyramid, but mainstream archaeologists generally agree that it was built to be the tomb of Fourth Dynasty pharaoh, Khufu, who ruled in the early 26th century BC. Therefore, the recently identified enclosed space is probably around 4,500 years old.</p><div id="article-add-2" class="content_add_block"><div id="block-block-81" class="block block-block"><div class="block-inner"> <div class="content"> <div data-aaad='true' data-aa-adunit='/339474670/Ancient_Origins.net/Article-Pages-Below-Pic'></div> </div> </div></div> </div><p style="display:none;"></p> <p>The discovery was announced on Thursday by Zahi Hawass, the famous Egyptologist and former Minister of State for Antiquities, and Ahmed Eissa, Egypt’s current Minister for Tourism. The chamber was discovered during <a href="http://www.scanpyramids.org/index-en.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow"><em>The Scan Pyramids Project,</em></a> whose website boldly says, “Just because a mystery is 4500 years old doesn’t mean it can’t be solved…”.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa/great-pyramid-0012685">Hidden Chambers and Meaning: Is the Great Pyramid for a King or Priests?</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/old-kingdom-0013753">The Old Kingdom of Egypt – Dynasties That Changed the World</a></li> </ul> <p align="center"><img alt="Main entrance to Pyramid of Khufu, showing where the scan has revealed the chamber. (Scan Pyramids Project/Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)" class="media-image" height="343" style="width: 610px; height: 343px;" width="610" typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/entrance_16.jpg?itok=TXlsl9yC" /></p> <p align="center"><em>Main entrance to Pyramid of Khufu, showing where the scan has revealed the chamber. (Scan Pyramids Project/</em><a href="https://mota.gov.eg/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A2%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AC-%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B2/" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow"><em>Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities</em></a><em>)</em></p> <h2>The Team Who Discovered the Ancient Lost Chamber</h2> <p>Launched October 25, 2015, the <a href="http://www.scanpyramids.org/index-en.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow"><em>The Scan Pyramids project</em></a> is a highly esteemed scientific mission that comes under the authority of the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities. However, it was initiated, designed and coordinated by <a href="https://eng.cu.edu.eg/en/faculty-of-engineering/#:~:text=Faculty%20of%20Engineering%2C%20Cairo%20University,Share%20it" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow"><em>the Faculty of Engineering of Cairo</em></a> and the French <a href="http://www.hip.institute/" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow"><em>HIP Institute</em></a> (Heritage, Innovation and Preservation). And with help from scientists at the <a href="https://www.ulaval.ca/en" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow"><em>Université Laval of Quebec</em></a> and <a href="https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow"><em>Nagoya University of Japan</em></a> a suite of advanced scanning technologies all came together to identify the secret room.</p><div id="article-add-7" class="content_add_block"><div id="block-block-82" class="block block-block"><div class="block-inner"> <div class="content"> <div data-aaad='true' data-aa-adunit='/339474670/Ancient_Origins.net/Ancient_Origins_Native'></div> </div> </div></div> </div><p style="display:none;"></p> <p>Christian Grosse, a Professor of Non-destructive Testing at the Technical <a href="https://www.lmu.de/en/" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow"><em>University of Munich</em></a>, and a leader of the project, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/pyramid-egypt-cairo-chamber-antiquities-c104c9479b110b85567e61b9ee4bcc0e" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow">told AP</a> about several scanning methods that were applied to locate the chamber, for example, “ultrasound measurements and ground penetrating radars.” However, if you read <a href="http://www.scanpyramids.org/index-en.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow"><em>The Scan Pyramids project</em></a> website, it becomes apparent that an entire suite of advanced scanning technologies was applied.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-africa/great-pyramid-0012684">The Great Pyramid: New Theory on God Symbolism and the Hidden Chambers</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/final-pieces-jigsaw-are-khufu-nefertiti-ankhesenamun-set-yield-their-secrets-008573">Final Pieces of the Jigsaw: Are Khufu, Nefertiti & Ankhesenamun Set to Yield Their Secrets?</a></li> </ul> <p align="center"><img alt="Scan Pyramids researchers viewing what their hi-tech scanners have revealed. (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)" class="media-image" height="343" style="width: 610px; height: 343px;" width="610" typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Pyramids_4.jpg?itok=J3uyfirS" /></p> <p align="center"><em>Scan Pyramids researchers viewing what their hi-tech scanners have revealed. (</em><a href="https://mota.gov.eg/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A2%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AC-%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B2/" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow"><em>Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities</em></a><em>)</em></p> <h2>Cosmic Ray Guns</h2> <p>Firstly, radiographic muons, or cosmic particles, are created when cosmic rays collide with the Earth's upper atmosphere. “Muon Radiography” uses these particles to create 3D images of the interiors of large dense objects such as volcanoes, nuclear waste containers, and most recently, the Great Pyramid.</p> <p>In addition to firing cosmic particles at the ancient structure, “infrared thermography” was applied, in which thermal cameras capture and create images based on infrared radiation emitted by the subject.</p><div id="article-add-12" class="content_add_block"><div id="block-block-83" class="block block-block"><div class="block-inner"> <div class="content"> <div data-aaad='true' data-aa-adunit='/339474670/Ancient_Origins.net/Ancient_Origins2_Native'></div> </div> </div></div> </div><p style="display:none;"></p> <p>Furthermore, following the disciplines of “Photogrammetry” the team measured and interpreted photographic images and patterns of electromagnetic radiant imagery, and other phenomena. And what is perhaps most impressive, is that all of these scans were conducted with not a single rock having been touched at the famous Egyptian landmark.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="343" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p4SrdfnZhnA" data-article-video="1" title="Hidden Chamber in Great #PYRAMID as big as a PLANE Confirmed by New Scan | Egypt" width="610" /></iframe></p> <h2>The New Big Question</h2> <p>Grosse said his team of researchers identified “two large limestones at the end chamber.” Now, the new big question is “what’s behind these stones and below the chamber,” added Grosse.</p> <p>While all of the aforementioned technologies have successfully revealed the presence of this mysterious lost chamber, what no robot can do is tell the researchers what the space was created for. Thus, the original purpose, or function, of the chamber, which cannot be accessed from outside, remains unknown.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="343" src="about:blank" title="New discovery inside Great Pyramid of Giza reveals hidden secrets" width="610" style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yLTMQ9re10k/sddefault.jpg)" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yLTMQ9re10k" data-class="LazyLoad" /></iframe></p> <p>However, in my opinion, its being located above the main entrance suggests it was designed to either reduce or enhance upward thrust, created by the entrance space. If so, this would be a very early example of a skill set that was used by the medieval European stonemasons who built the great cathedrals. They carefully designed ‘spaces,’ between the stones, to alter the upward thrust created by pointed arches and window spaces. So, I’ll call it, “an upward thrust alteration module”.</p> <p><em>Top image: East-West cut view of the Great Pyramid and front view of the North face Chevron area. A) Subterranean chamber, b) queen’s chamber, c) grand gallery, d) king’s chamber, e) descending corridor, f) ascending corridor, g) al-Ma’mun corridor, h) north face Chevron area, i) ScanPyramids Big Void with horizontal hypothesis (red hatching) and inclined hypothesis (green hatching) as published in November 2017 . All these images were obtained from a 3D modelization using dedicated laser surveys and photogrammetry data. Source: Scan Pyramids/ </em><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36351-0" target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow"><em>Nature</em></a></p> <p>By <a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/users/ashley-cowie">Ashley Cowie</a></p> </div></div></div><script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Egyptologists Reveal a Lost Chamber in the Great Pyramid With Cosmic Rays","description":"Egyptologists have announced the discovery of a secret chamber located right above the main entrance to the Great Pyramid of Egypt.","thumbnailUrl":["https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/p4SrdfnZhnA\/0.jpg"],"uploadDate":"2023-03-03T13:54:41+00:00","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ancient-origins.net\/news-history-archaeology\/great-pyramid-chamber-0018005","embedUrl":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p4SrdfnZhnA"}</script><div id="ao-visitor-points-endpoint" class="ao-visitor-points-endpoint not-visited" data-words="864" data-timeout="120000" style="width:100%; 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This finding was published in a very important American-end A-scientific journal “Remote Sensing.” At this point there are two things: either you are not able to do your job competently and precisely and you are not informed or you have some interest in publishing only certain news that are convenient for the corrupt academic system and convenient for ‘someone else’. This is not science !!</p> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <a id="comment-46273" rel="ugc nofollow"></a> <div class="comment clearfix" about="/comment/46273#comment-46273" > <div class="comment-content"> <div class="submitted"> <span ><span>Opnwyd</span></span> wrote on <span content="2023-03-04T05:34:47+00:00" datatype="xsd:dateTime">4 March, 2023 - 05:34</span> </div> <div class="content"> <span resource="/news-history-archaeology/great-pyramid-chamber-0018005" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" > <p>I'm always fascinated by Mr. Wagner's expertise in absolutely everything...</p> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <a id="comment-46270" rel="ugc nofollow"></a> <div class="comment clearfix" about="/comment/46270#comment-46270" > <div class="user-picture"> <a href="/users/ironiclyricist" title="View user profile." rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/image_105x105/public/pictures/picture-30817-1662085092.jpg?itok=nesDoZ7R" width="105" height="105" alt="IronicLyricist's picture" title="IronicLyricist's picture" /></span></a> </div> <div class="comment-content"> <div class="submitted"> <span ><span>IronicLyricist</span></span> wrote on <span content="2023-03-03T23:19:16+00:00" datatype="xsd:dateTime">3 March, 2023 - 23:19</span> </div> <div class="content"> <span resource="/news-history-archaeology/great-pyramid-chamber-0018005" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" > <p>Pyramidal complexes all over the world.. some like bolivian sun are still active.. my theory.. they are just as wardenclyffe was intended . Energy conduits.. from closer to further.. khufu likely REFURBISHED the already ancient structures.. likely with little to no knowledge of its workings.. possibly some kind of apotheosis ritual was involved as well.. laying in the "sarcophagus" if the capstone was installed would bathe the person in either cosmic or terran energy.. torsional physics predicts this.. n ive yet to hear a physics other that explains the saturnian polar hexagon..</p> </div></div></div> <div class="user-signature clearfix"> <p>infinitesimal waveparticles comprise what we call home the earth<br /> manipulatable by thought ability supressed in humans since birth</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <a id="comment-46268" rel="ugc nofollow"></a> <div class="comment clearfix" about="/comment/46268#comment-46268" > <div class="user-picture"> <a href="/users/pete-wagner" title="View user profile." rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/image_105x105/public/pictures/picture-154012-1651324197.gif?itok=J90TfMy0" width="105" height="105" alt="Pete Wagner's picture" title="Pete Wagner's picture" /></span></a> </div> <div class="comment-content"> <div class="submitted"> <span ><span>Pete Wagner</span></span> wrote on <span content="2023-03-03T16:04:46+00:00" datatype="xsd:dateTime">3 March, 2023 - 16:04</span> </div> <div class="content"> <span resource="/news-history-archaeology/great-pyramid-chamber-0018005" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" ><p>With statements like this, "mainstream archaeologists generally agree that it was built to be the tomb of Fourth Dynasty pharaoh, Khufu," and the smirking Hawass leading the charge, we have a LONG, LONG way to go to get to any assemblance of the truth. For one, there is ZERO PLAUSIBILITY that the above statement is true, for many reasons. But I’ll just throw out my theory (I’ve stated it many times before), that the Great Pyramid had to have been an Atlantean era construction, and built progressively, over possibly thousands of years, by the culture that was wiped out circa 115k BC, adding the zero back to Plato’s Atlantis timeline. And it lay there in sterile sand, with all the other ruins, for tens of thousands of years, prior to the region being resettled by the new people, who looted everything that was easy to loot, and staked claim to it. As for the pyramid's original purpose, there should be no mystery. It was a gravity water pump, like all pyramids. The mass of the structure pulled water up from a below aquifer - they were ALL built over acquifers for this purpose. The chambers were either water channels, or for air to circulate. One thing FOR CERTAIN that would NEVER be intended by the original builders, is putting a dead body in the structure that provides drinking water. Having such a massive complex for this purpose suggests that the ancients had a reverence for pure, clean water from the deep ground. They weren’t drinking from or bathing in ponds or river water. They were impressive people, much more so than those who came later.</p></div></div></div> <div class="user-signature clearfix"> <p>Nobody gets paid to tell the truth.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <a id="comment-46267" rel="ugc nofollow"></a> <div class="comment clearfix" about="/comment/46267#comment-46267" > <div class="comment-content"> <div class="submitted"> <span ><span>Archaeologist</span></span> wrote on <span content="2023-03-03T14:51:13+00:00" datatype="xsd:dateTime">3 March, 2023 - 14:51</span> </div> <div class="content"> <span resource="/news-history-archaeology/great-pyramid-chamber-0018005" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" ><p>This honestly looks like a stress relieving structure/chamber. It would be wonderful to hope to find a room filled to the brim with ancient items and a sarcophagus, but that’s probably not going to happen. We can all hope, and I do, but we must be reserved in our expectations.</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="comment-count-txt" style="display:none;"> (5 Comments)</div> <div id="ao-article-outbrain"> <div class="OUTBRAIN" data-src="DROP_PERMALINK_HERE" data-widget-id="AR_50"></div> <script async="async" data-src="//widgets.outbrain.com/outbrain.js" type="lazyload_ext" ></script> </div> <div id="single-author-teaser"> <div class="single-author-wrap"> <div class="author-box-wrap clearfix"> <div class="author-thumb"> </div> <h3 class="author-title">Ashley</h3> <div class="author-description"> <p>Ashley Cowie is a distinguished author known for his four non-fiction books and more than 2,000 articles on archaeological and scientific topics. His work spans documentaries, books, and podcasts, and he has produced and hosted projects for major networks including... <a class="read-more" href="/users/ashley-cowie" rel="ugc nofollow">Read More</a></p> </div> </div>  </div>  </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="region region-content-bottom"> <div id="block-views-related-content-block" class="block block-views"><div class="block-inner"> <h3 class="title"><span>Related Articles on Ancient-Origins</span></h3> <div class="content"> <div class="view view-related-content view-id-related_content view-display-id-block view-dom-id-64d253a2526c61d03c2dadeb09ed3059"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <aside id="node-21519" class="node node-article node-promoted node-teaser odd " about="/artifacts-ancient-technology-news/egyptian-pyramids-0021519" > <div class="field-image"> <figure itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <phoenix-picture><picture> <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/The-Secrets-of-the-Egyptian.jpg?itok=hxdJmd1-"><a href="/artifacts-ancient-technology-news/egyptian-pyramids-0021519" rel="ugc nofollow"><span><img typeof="foaf:Image" data-class="LazyLoad" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/blank.png" data-src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_optimized/public/field/image/The-Secrets-of-the-Egyptian.jpg?itok=hxdJmd1-" width="288" height="173" alt="The three main Egyptian pyramids at Giza, together with subsidiary pyramids and the remains of other ancient structures" /></span></a></div></div></div> </picture></phoenix-picture><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </div> <div class="node-content-wrapper"> <div class="submitted"> <span class="date"> <span content="2024-10-03T21:37:03+01:00" >3 October, 2024 - 21:37</span> </span> <span ><a href="/users/aleksa-vu-kovi" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/aleksa-vu-kovi" rel="ugc nofollow"><span>Aleksa Vučković</span></a></span> </div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/artifacts-ancient-technology-news/egyptian-pyramids-0021519" rel="ugc nofollow">The Secrets of the Egyptian Pyramids: Were They More Than Just Tombs?</a></h2> <span content="The Secrets of the Egyptian Pyramids: Were They More Than Just Tombs?" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span content="0" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" >Built at the dawn of the Ancient Egyptian civilization, the great Pyramids continue to inspire awe, millennia after their construction. 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} } if (no_error && (elem.id == 'field[]' || elem.id == 'ca[11][v]')) { if (elem.className.includes('phone-input-error')) { elem.className = elem.className + ' _has_error'; no_error = false; } } if (no_error && elem.name == 'email') { if (!value.match(/^[\+_a-z0-9-'&=]+(\.[\+_a-z0-9-']+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,})$/i)) { elem.className = elem.className + ' _has_error'; no_error = false; tooltip = create_tooltip(elem, "Enter a valid email address."); } } if (no_error && /date_field/.test(elem.className)) { if (!value.match(/^\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d$/)) { elem.className = elem.className + ' _has_error'; no_error = false; tooltip = create_tooltip(elem, "Enter a valid date."); } } tooltip ? resize_tooltip(tooltip) : false; return no_error; }; var needs_validate = function(el) { if(el.getAttribute('required') !== null){ return true } if(el.name === 'email' && el.value !== ""){ return true } if((el.id == 'field[]' || el.id == 'ca[11][v]') && el.className.includes('phone-input-error')){ return true } return false }; 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