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Discovery of a big void in Khufu's Pyramid by observation of cosmic-ray muons
Kunihiro Morishima, Mitsuaki Kuno, Akira Nishio et al., 2017. Nature.
Three independent muon detection techniques found a void at least 30 m long above the Grand Gallery, with a cross-section similar to the Gallery's; the authors made no claim about its purpose.
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The primary report of the Big Void.
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Morishima, K., Kuno, M., Nishio, A., Kitagawa, N., Manabe, Y., Moto, M., Takasaki, F., Fujii, H., Satoh, K., Kodama, H., Hayashi, K., Odaka, S., Procureur, S., Attié, D., Bouteille, S., Calvet, D., Filosa, C., Magnier, P., Mandjavidze, I., Riallot, M., Marini, B., Gable, P., Date, Y., Sugiura, M., Elshayeb, Y., Elnady, T., Ezzy, M., Guerriero, E., Steiger, V., Serikoff, N., Mouret, J. B., Charlès, B., Helal, H., & Tayoubi, M. (2017). Discovery of a big void in Khufu's Pyramid by observation of cosmic-ray muons. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24647
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title = {Discovery of a big void in Khufu's Pyramid by observation of cosmic-ray muons},
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year = {2017},
doi = {10.1038/nature24647},
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Morishima, Kunihiro et al.. “Discovery of a big void in Khufu's Pyramid by observation of cosmic-ray muons.” Nature (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24647.