The X-ray machine is essentially picking up on the shadow of X-rays cast by your bones. With the pyramid scan, the scientists used not X-rays but cosmic rays. These are sprays of high-energy subatomic particles that shower us every day. read more
The pyramid, nicknamed the Great Pyramid, is the oldest and largest of the three Giza Pyramids. Nagy, a resident of the El Haraneya village, near the Giza Plateau, dug 33 feet beneath his house before he found the corridor, made from stone blocks. read more
Workmen struggled for months to try to dismantle the pyramid of Menkaure, one of the three pyramids at Giza. In that time, they managed to make a noticeable gash in its side, but the work crews reported that the cost of dismantling all of the pyramids would be prohibitive. read more