On Sunday, scientists revealed new findings at two of Egypt's famous pyramids. This came in an effort of unravel whether the ancient monuments feature some secret chambers. The experts revealed their findings on some of the limestone blocks used to build the northern flank of Khufu and the western flank of the Red pyramid.
A team of experts from Japan, Canada, France and Egypt have been scanning four pyramids for the past three months using thermal cameras. The researchers were trying to discover if the monuments contain unknown cavities or structures.
The research was called Operation ScanPyramids and it started on Oct. 25, 2015. The analysis was directed to search for hidden rooms inside the Great Pyramid called Khufu, as well as the pyramid Khafre in Giza and the Red and Bent pyramids in Dahshur. All the locations are just south of Cairo.
The project Operation ScanPyramids will continue until the end of the year 2016. Among the methods used by scientists is included a mix of infrared 3D reconstruction, muon radiography imaging and thermography. All these scientific analysis methods are non-destructive and non-invasive techniques.
According to Yahoo! News, Matthieu Klein of Canada's Laval University declared in a news conference that the team of experts has found a clear separation of temperature on the Red pyramid's west face. He added that the scientists did not come to clear conclusions yet, however the findings are interesting.
The three to six degree difference of temperature could be just caused by the wind or could be an indication of still unknown structures. Klein explained that on the blocks where heat was detected the thermal cameras showed hues of red. On the cooler blocks magenta and blue hues were showed. The scientist also said that other two anomalies were found on the northern flank of Khufu.
According to experts, as reported by Al-Arabiya, more investigations are necessary in order to further study the detected anomalies.
