Italian researchers have claimed that satellite radar imagery reveals large underground anomalies near the Great Pyramid, but the Remote Sensing paper behind the claim has been retracted. Known shafts and the masonry-sealed Tomb of the Birds show that underground spaces exist on the Giza plateau; they do not establish a connected underground city. GPR can screen shallower anomalies within roughly 20 metres, while excavation or drilling is needed to ground-truth deeper ones. Egyptian authorities have previously rejected disputed scan claims.
Excavation needed to test disputed Giza radar anomalies
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Key facts
- The Italian team's 2022 Remote Sensing paper was retracted, so the proposed underground structures remain disputed.
- The radar anomalies were reported near the Great Pyramid on the Giza plateau; they have not been confirmed as structures directly beneath the pyramid.
- Known shafts and the masonry-sealed Tomb of the Birds show that underground spaces exist, but do not show they form one connected complex.
- GPR can screen shallower targets within roughly 20 metres; excavation or drilling is needed to ground-truth deeper anomalies.
- Egyptian authorities have previously rejected disputed scan claims.
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