{"id":20848,"date":"2015-10-27T01:59:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T01:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/pyramids-of-giza-technology-may-unlock-secrets-of\/"},"modified":"2015-10-27T01:58:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T01:58:57","slug":"pyramids-of-giza-technology-may-unlock-secrets-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/pyramids-of-giza-technology-may-unlock-secrets-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Pyramids of Giza: Technology may unlock secrets of Egypt\u2019s Wonder of the Ancient World"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-8757 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/20-pyramids-of-giza-afp-getty.jpg\" alt=\"Tourists visit the Giza pyramids, on the southern outskirts of the Egyptian capital, Cairo AFP\/Getty\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{ {{Experts will use radiography, drone-mounted scanners and thermal imaging in an attempt to answer a question that has puzzled Egyptologists for centuries: how these huge structures were built without the aid of modern technology }}  } <\/p>\n<p>Egypt is hoping to uncover the secrets of the only remaining Wonder of the Ancient World \u2013 and save its struggling tourism industry in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout 2016, a team of scientists, engineers and architects from Egypt, France and Japan will survey the famous Pyramids of Giza in search of hidden chambers inside the ancient structures. The Scan Pyramids Project is also looking to answer a question that has puzzled Egyptologists and engineers for centuries: how these huge structures were built without the aid of modern technology. <\/p>\n<p>The team will use non-invasive technologies such as radiography, drone-mounted scanners and thermal imaging to survey the pyramid complex, both to create three-dimensional models of the exterior and to examine the internal structures. The Japanese KEK particle physics institute and the University of Nagoya will use muon radiography, a technique used to scan active volcanoes in Japan, to search for undiscovered voids. <\/p>\n<p>Of particular interest is the Khufu or Cheops Pyramid \u2013 the largest of the three main pyramids and the only remaining Wonder of the Ancient World. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a noble endeavour,\u201d Professor Salima Ikram, of the American University in Cairo, said. \u201cWith the effects of climate change [on the pyramids], it\u2019s good to have a record of the current state.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The initiative is not the first in recent times to try to unlock the secrets of the ancient structures: in 1985, the French architects Gilles Dormion and Jean-Patrice Godin led a failed investigation to prove the existence of a hidden network of passages within the Khufu Pyramid. \u201cPrevious expeditions in the 1980s didn\u2019t have the technology we have today,\u201d said Hisham Zazou, Egypt\u2019s Minister of Tourism. <\/p>\n<p>Mr Zazou was also frank that the project could entice tourists back to Egypt, after years of political instability decimated a once-thriving industry. With tourism representing more than 10 per cent of Egypt\u2019s GDP, Mr Zazou \u201cswore an oath\u201d to the Egyptian people that the project would drum up business.<\/p>\n<p>The Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{ {{Experts will use radiography, drone-mounted scanners and thermal imaging in an attempt to answer a question that has puzzled Egyptologists for centuries: how these huge structures were built without the aid of modern technology }}  } <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000069850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[100],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-20848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology","tag-africa","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000069850,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton20848.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton20848.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton20848.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton20848.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton20848.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton20848.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000069850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20848"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=20848"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=20848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}