What if an ancient mystery held the key to
a brand new discovery in modern science?
That’s exactly what has happened in Egypt,
where scientists are studying the famous Great
Pyramid of Giza.
They’ve found it acts as a giant conductor
for electromagnetic energy and believe this
breakthrough will help them in the field of
nano-particle research.
Before getting into the nitty gritty of this
exciting development, it’s best to look
at the Ancient Egyptian pyramids themselves
and what they represent.
The pyramids are a marvel of engineering that
remain mysterious to this day, and the Great
Pyramid is a classic example of this.
481 feet high, it was built on the orders
of Pharaoh Khufu, with work thought to have
started in 2550 BC.
It is made of approximately 2 million stone
blocks and each one weighs anything up to
15 tons.
All in all, three pyramids were erected in
the city between then and 2490 BC, but Khufu’s
is the biggest.
Not only that, it’s also the oldest of that
exclusive club known as the Seven Wonders
of the World!
The Great Pyramid was built as Khufu’s tomb,
and contained items that a Pharaoh wanted
when travelling to the afterlife, where he
would expect to become a god.
These included food, water and internal organs,
which were placed into jars for safe keeping!
The interiors of the pyramids are special,
not only for the way they show us how Egyptians
died but also for how they lived.
They contain many cultural details that have
become an important reference point for experts.
Inside the Great Pyramid are three chambers.
Two of them are thought to have housed the
bodies of Khufu and his wife and there’s
another chamber beneath the base.
For some reason this chamber isn’t finished.
However not everyone agrees with what is actually
inside a pyramid.
It’s believed there are secret networks
we have yet to uncover.
In exploring these possibilities, experts
stumbled on an unexpected development.
It started last year, when thermal imaging
was used to establish the existence of the
third chamber, which up to then no-one knew
about.
When the base of the pyramid was thermally
scanned it revealed three stones that were
higher in temperature than the surrounding
stonework.
The signs pointed toward a hidden area.
That was finally identified as the third chamber
when the base was scanned with what are called
muon particles, which are like electrons.
Researchers from ITMO University in St Petersburg
then began examining the effect of electromagnetic
energy on the shape of the Great Pyramid.
No-one really knows why the pyramids are the
shape they are.
Opinion varies but one theory is that the
shape is like a slope that the Pharaoh can
climb to reach the next life.
That can’t be proved but what can be demonstrated
is the effect of electromagnetic energy on
that distinctive triangle formation.
What is electromagnetic energy?
It’s a natural form of energy that derives
from the Sun, the Earth and the ionosphere,
which is a layer of the planet’s atmosphere.
Devices such as TVs and radios use it, and
it was first identified in 1820.
A Dutch physicist named Hans Christian Orsted
observed a compass needle being affected by
a nearby battery.
The connection between the electric and the
magnetic was now part of science history.
ITMO researchers decided to think small…
quite literally!
They built a model of the Great Pyramid and
tested it with electromagnetic waves of between
200 - 600 m.
What they discovered was that the pyramid
focused the energy through the chambers and
into what’s known as the substrate.
The Great Pyramid’s substrate is made of
limestone, and what it does is act as a natural
foundation.
All the electromagnetic energy is sent to
this substrate.
Having worked out that the pyramid acts as
a mighty conductor, scientists are now looking
into the effect on the design of nano-particles.
Nano-particles are of great interest to scientists
because they have multiple uses in areas like
medicine, where it’s hoped drugs can be
attached to them and used to better disperse
chemicals inside the human body.
The possibilities are almost endless and there’s
still a lot of work to be done.
Experts don’t even know yet whether they
can recreate the result of the pyramid experiment
on such a tiny level.
Plus in order to carry out the experiment
they had to assume things about what is inside
the pyramid.
To this day people still aren’t 100% about
that.
It could be there are elements inside that
may compromise the team’s findings.
It’s a safe bet that the Ancient Egyptians
were not aware of electromagnetism or nano-particles,
but that’s not a certainty!
As the mystery of the pyramids continues to
be investigated maybe we’ll find they weren’t
as ancient as we thought they were.
As this current research shows, this long
dormant culture is on the cutting edge of
scientific thinking.
