Nature Communications (Mar 2023)
Precise characterization of a corridor-shaped structure in Khufu’s Pyramid by observation of cosmic-ray muons
- Sébastien Procureur,
- Kunihiro Morishima,
- Mitsuaki Kuno,
- Yuta Manabe,
- Nobuko Kitagawa,
- Akira Nishio,
- Hector Gomez,
- David Attié,
- Ami Sakakibara,
- Kotaro Hikata,
- Masaki Moto,
- Irakli Mandjavidze,
- Patrick Magnier,
- Marion Lehuraux,
- Théophile Benoit,
- Denis Calvet,
- Xavier Coppolani,
- Mariam Kebbiri,
- Philippe Mas,
- Hany Helal,
- Mehdi Tayoubi,
- Benoit Marini,
- Nicolas Serikoff,
- Hamada Anwar,
- Vincent Steiger,
- Fumihiko Takasaki,
- Hirofumi Fujii,
- Kotaro Satoh,
- Hideyo Kodama,
- Kohei Hayashi,
- Pierre Gable,
- Emmanuel Guerriero,
- Jean-Baptiste Mouret,
- Tamer Elnady,
- Yasser Elshayeb,
- Mohamed Elkarmoty
Affiliations
- Sébastien Procureur
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay
- Kunihiro Morishima
- Nagoya University
- Mitsuaki Kuno
- Nagoya University
- Yuta Manabe
- Nagoya University
- Nobuko Kitagawa
- Nagoya University
- Akira Nishio
- Nagoya University
- Hector Gomez
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay
- David Attié
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay
- Ami Sakakibara
- Nagoya University
- Kotaro Hikata
- Nagoya University
- Masaki Moto
- Nagoya University
- Irakli Mandjavidze
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay
- Patrick Magnier
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay
- Marion Lehuraux
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay
- Théophile Benoit
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay
- Denis Calvet
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay
- Xavier Coppolani
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay
- Mariam Kebbiri
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay
- Philippe Mas
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay
- Hany Helal
- Cairo University
- Mehdi Tayoubi
- HIP Institute
- Benoit Marini
- HIP Institute
- Nicolas Serikoff
- HIP Institute
- Hamada Anwar
- Cairo University
- Vincent Steiger
- HIP Institute
- Fumihiko Takasaki
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
- Hirofumi Fujii
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
- Kotaro Satoh
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
- Hideyo Kodama
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
- Kohei Hayashi
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
- Pierre Gable
- Emissive
- Emmanuel Guerriero
- Emissive
- Jean-Baptiste Mouret
- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, Inria
- Tamer Elnady
- Ain Shams University
- Yasser Elshayeb
- Cairo University
- Mohamed Elkarmoty
- Cairo University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36351-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 15
Abstract
Khufu’s Pyramid is one of the largest archaeological monuments in the world, and still contains unexplored voids. Here, the authors use cosmic-ray muon radiography in multiple positions to precisely characterize one of these inner structures called the North Face Corridor.
