Scans Reveal Strange Warm Spot At Giza Pyramid

Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 16:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Pyramid of Khufu Francisco Anzola/Flickr CC by 2.0 There's a lot we know about the iconic Pyramids at Giza. We know they were built thousands of years ago to hold royal mummies and grave goods (not grain). The pyramids were likewise not the home/landing site/temples of aliens dead set on taking over humanity. That's what we know. But despite the fact that humans have been studying the pyramids for centuries, these giant structures still have some secrets that we haven't uncovered yet. Earlier this week, Egypt's antiquities ministry announced that researchers have noticed strange thermal readings during scans of the largest of the Giza pyramids. After scanning the pyramids with instruments designed to take the temperature of the structures' stones, researchers noticed three stones near the base of the pyramid that were slightly warmer...

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