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Radar study suggests possible 80-by-50-metre structure beneath Egypt's Hawara labyrinth

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Pyramid complex3000 - 1500 BC
The Ancient Authors Described Giant Halls and 90 Steps Between Levels. The Scans Match.
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Radar suggests possible underground complex beneath Egypt's Hawara labyrinth

A 2023 study by Mark Carlotto reports radar anomalies at the pyramid complex of Amenemhat III that he interprets as a possible large underground structure. Some apparent spaces are about 80 by 50 metres, but they have not been confirmed as chambers by excavation, while corridors reaching 40–100 metres and deeper remain unverified. The study argues that the radar pattern may correspond with ancient descriptions of the Labyrinth, including 12 courts, columned rooms and multiple levels, but that remains an interpretation requiring archaeological and geophysical verification.

Key facts

  • A 2023 study by Mark Carlotto interpreted radar imagery at Hawara as evidence of a possible underground complex associated with Amenemhat III's labyrinth.
  • The reported 80-by-50-metre spaces are radar anomalies interpreted as chambers, not excavated or independently confirmed rooms.
  • Corridors reaching 40, 60, 80, 100 metres and deeper have not been verified by excavation or independent geophysical testing.
  • Ancient accounts describe a multilevel complex with 12 courts and thousands of chambers and columns. The '90' in Manetho's version refers to doors, not steps between levels.
  • The proposed correspondence between the radar pattern and the Labyrinth is Carlotto's hypothesis, not an established archaeological identification.

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The Lost Egyptian Labyrinth of Hawara - The Ancient Connectiontheancientconnection.com
In 2008, archaeologists discovered the remains of a “lost labyrinth” underground beneath the pyramid of Hawara.
Hawaravirtualhawara.com
Welcome to Virtual Hawara, the virtual home of the AHRC and STDF funded 'Labyrinth' research project that aims to document, preserve and develop the Hawara ...
The lost Egyptian labyrinth - The Pastthe-past.com
The building near the pyramid at Hawara was referred to as a 'Labyrinth' because authors such as Pliny suggested 'that Daedalus used this as the ...
Labyrinth of Egypt - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
The Labyrinth of Egypt was a structure, or temple, built south of Amenemhat III's pyramid at Hawara. Not much is known about its use, but it was probably a ...
The Labyrinth of Hawara - by Louis De Cordierlabyrinthofegypt.substack.com
The Egyptian Labyrinth, one of antiquity's most legendary structures, has been traditionally identified with the site of Hawara, ...
Space-Based Ground Penetrating Imaging of the Ancient ...papers.ssrn.com
by M Carlotto · 2023 — Space-based ground penetrating radar imaging of an enormous underground structure at Hawara that could be the below-ground portion of the ...
Space-Based Ground Penetrating Radar Imaging of a ...academia.edu
... Hawara. že Labyrinth of Hawara was brought to the attention of the Western world by Herodotus in the fi‚h century BCE. He describes an above-ground ...
Space-Based Ground Penetrating Radar Imaging ...journalofscientificexploration.org
Space-based ground penetrating synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging of what could be an enormous underground structure at Hawara, ...
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