By New York Post (World News) | Created at 2025-03-23 14:00:13 | Updated at 2025-03-25 11:08:43
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Researchers claim they’ve discovered the legendary Halls of Amenti in a “vast city” beneath Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza — a wild theory that has perplexed the archeological world.
Italian and Scottish scientists studying the pyramid of Khafre say the “groundbreaking study has redefined the boundaries of satellite data analysis and archeological exploration,” according to spokesperson Nicole Ciccolo.
Aptly named the Khafre Project, Corrado Malanga from Italy’s University of Pisa and Filippo Biondi of the University of Strathclyde in Scotland led the expedition to discover the Giza Plateau’s second-largest pyramid.
Scientists said they located five small room-like structures inside the pyramid using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology. One structure contained a sarcophagus mistakenly thought to be the Pharoah’s Tomb, the team said in a press release.
The group claims the five structures — previously unknown before the images — were found in the center of the pyramid.
The newly discovered structures are connected to pathways that lead below the surface and are believed to expose hidden rooms and wells underneath the 4,500-year-old world wonder.
Electromagnetic signals were turned into phononic data that unveiled larger infrastructure leading down thousands of feet underground.
The eight large, vertical structures — theorized to be wells or shafts — are thought to extend over 6,500 feet across and 2,000 feet below ground.
Researchers didn’t reveal the use of the larger structures that stretch below “ground zero” but plan for further analysis and possible excavation to verify the “artificial nature of the structures.”
The project used two satellites 420 miles up in space to send down radar signals that “photographed” the pyramids, according to the Daily Mail.
Data was compiled into images to create a rough copy of what is believed to be below the pyramids, including the eight wells.
The hollowed structure consists of spiral pathways leading down further underground.
The group used the data to make a rough 3D model estimating what is believed to be hidden from the world’s eye.
“When we magnify the images [in the future], we will reveal that beneath it lies what can only be described as a true underground city,” Malanga said, according to the outlet.
Skepticism and accusations that the study was a hoax arose when the project did not publish the information with any peer review from independent researchers.
One researcher at the University of Denver said the claims were “exaggerated” as the technology is not advanced enough to create such images.
Radar expert Lawrence Conyers said there is a likelihood the five smaller structures found just below the surface may be there because of the history of the area.
Conyers said the land was sacred to the ancient civilizations even before the pyramids were constructed, according to the Daily Mail.
The wild claims have contributed to a growing interest in the possibility of a discovery of ancient texts and other resources from Egyptian myths.
“A remarkably strong correlation between the layout and characteristics of these underground chambers and legendary Halls of Amenti as described in ancient myths,” Ciccolo said.
The Halls of Amenti include the fabled Hall of Records, a hidden room believed to be underneath the pyramid complex or the Great Sphynx containing resources of information about the ancient people of the area.
“These new archaeological findings could redefine our understanding of the sacred topography of ancient Egypt, providing spatial coordinates for previously unknown and unexplored subterranean structures,” Ciccolo added.
