Discussion

A Tiny Camera Revealed a Hidden Passage in the Great Pyramid

voidUpdate: Are we able to generate muons outside of a particle accelerator, or does all muography rely on cosmic rays?

exabrial: What's exciting about this is the opportunity to examine an untouched area of history. Sadly, over hundreds of years, much of the artifacts from these sites were looted. Hopefully we've learned our lessons at this point and can preserve them this round.

cj: I sometimes wonder what digital historians will rediscover about our current era internet in 1000 years.

eXpl0it3r: The Nature paper from last year: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-91115-8

Luc: Better article with pictures (2023): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64825526

bombcar: They're going to assume our entire society was built around /r/datahoarders (because that's all they'll ever find).Would be fun to write a short story about it. I'm thinking a crossover between Motel of the Mysteries and Galaxy Quest and such.

Someone: [delayed]

dwa3592: We'd be exploring earth then like we are exploring mars now and someone akin to Elon would be making statements like "Occupy Earth".

mentalgear: I remember this being talked about >20 years ago when the idea came up and they had to get clearance from the Egyptian gov which were not keen on the idea. If this is indeed the same "hidden passage" ... Gee .. 20 years to get clearance.

BurningFrog: Some people think the Egyptian government aims to control archeology so it doesn't find things conflicting with their view of history.The alternate view is that it's mostly just hopelessly bureaucratic.