The researchers who claimed to have found a vast underground city beneath Egypt’s Great Pyramids doubled down on the wild theory Tuesday by saying they’ve found a second “hidden city.”
Italian and Scottish scientists studying the pyramid of Khafre say their radar system has uncovered another subterranean complex linking the structure to the Khufu and Menkaur pyramids, as well as the Great Sphinx, the Daily Mail reported.
Filippo Biondi, a radar expert from Scotland’s University of Strathclyde, claimed there was a 90% chance that the structures were connected — despite the research being lambasted by experts who slammed the findings as “fake” and utterly lacking in scientific basis.
“We firmly believe that the Giza structures are interconnected, reinforcing our view that the pyramids are merely the tip of the iceberg of a colossal underground infrastructural complex,” Biondi told the Mail.
The team’s research, which has yet to be peer-reviewed or published in any scientific journal, made waves back in March when they claimed to have found 2,000-foot-long vertical shafts underneath the Khafre pyramid.
The scientists still haven’t presented a purpose for what the structures were used for, only speculating that they were built by a lost ancient civilization around 38,000 years ago.
Egypt’s three Great Pyramids, however, were only built around 4,500 years ago.
The scientists also claim they made the discoveries using satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology, which led Dr. Zahi Hawass, a renowned archaeologist and Egypt’s former minister of antiquities, to slam the whole research as “bulls–t.”
SAR technology can only penetrate the ground by at most 10 inches, which would make it impossible for researchers to find data on shafts 2,000 feet below ground, Hawass and other experts explained.
“The claim of using radar inside the pyramid is false, and the techniques employed are neither scientifically approved nor validated,” he told the National, slamming the project as “fake news.”
Despite the scientific consensus, the team’s research has reignited interests in ancient Egypt and speculation that there are still many secrets waiting to be uncovered under the sands.
Fanatics of ancient Egypt continue to search for the fabled Hall of Records, a hidden library believed to be underneath the pyramid complex or the Great Sphinx containing resources of information about the ancient people.
The rumor originated from self-proclaimed clairvoyant Edgar Cayce, an American who claimed in the 1930s that refugees from Atlantis built the library to preserve their history.
