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  • Egypt opens ancient pyramids for first time since 1960s

    07/15/2019 8:42:00 AM PDT · by rdl6989 · 18 replies
    New York Post ^ | July 15, 2019
    CAIRO — Egypt on Saturday opened two of its oldest pyramids, located about 25 miles south of the capital Cairo, to visitors for the first time since 1965. Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Anany told reporters that tourists were are now allowed to visit the Bent Pyramid and its satellite pyramid in the Dahshur royal necropolis, which is part of the Memphis Necropolis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • Particles Could Reveal Clues To How Egypt Pyramid Was Built

    01/20/2016 5:00:22 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 25 replies
    Phys dot org ^ | January 18, 2016 | Maram Mazen
    An international team of researchers said Sunday they will soon begin analyzing cosmic particles collected inside Egypt's Bent Pyramid to search for clues as to how it was built and learn more about the 4,600-year-old structure. Mehdi Tayoubi, president of the Heritage Innovation Preservation Institute, said that plates planted inside the pyramid last month have collected data on radiographic particles known as muons that rain down from the earth's atmosphere. The particles pass through empty spaces but can be absorbed or deflected by harder surfaces. By studying particle accumulations, scientists may learn more about the construction of the pyramid, built...