Abstract

The Cheops and Chephren pyramid have been in Giza for about 3500 years. Their view is enjoyed by many people around the world who ask questions: how and why were the pyramids built? Cheops and Chephren pyramids are very similar on the outside. According to what we know, however, they are diametrically different in their internal structure. In the Chephren pyramid the internal structure was not discovered while the Cheops pyramid has many internal chambers, like: The King's Chamber, the Queen's Chamber. However, according to current knowledge, the Mummies of Pharaoh and his wife were never buried there. So, why were the internal structures of this pyramid built? Were the pyramids supposed to be a visible sign of Pharaoh's power? Are there any undiscovered chambers in both pyramids, which could give us answers to many questions?

Highlights

  • The internal structure of the Chephren pyramid was not discovered until now, except for one small room under the pyramid called the Balzoniz Chamber

  • After two years of measurements he selected around 25 thousand wakes of muons in vertical angles between 20◦ and 40◦. These measurements were compared to model calculations [2] for the expected stream of muons for different azimuthal angles from 0◦ to 360◦ assuming that the muon energy losses increase linearly with their energy Eμ

  • The mathematical model of the Chephren pyramid was created for the presented calculations and can be adapted to examine the Cheops pyramid

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Summary

Introduction

The internal structure of the Chephren pyramid was not discovered until now, except for one small room under the pyramid called the Balzoniz Chamber. After two years of measurements he selected around 25 thousand wakes of muons in vertical angles between 20◦ and 40◦. Between angles θ = 62◦ and θ = 72◦ a possibly higher number of events in comparison to the model was observed. A possible explanation could be that a chamber is located there, which is similar in size to the King’s Chamber in the Great Pyramid. Another area of interest is between θ = 192◦ and θ = 203◦. An object of much higher density could explain the reduced number of muons

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