# Great pyramid: new chamber discovered **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 3, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569 "2017-11-03T01:25:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/1 "2017-11-03T01:25:13Z")
Link: [Scientists Say They’ve Found Hidden Space In Great Pyramid Of Giza](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/02/561468384/scientists-say-theyve-found-hidden-space-in-great-pyramid-of-giza) OK, so the floor is open for guesses about what’s in it. Personally, I think it’s Cecil’s fortress of solitude, where he goes when he’s not busy defeating mad scientists, thwarting alien invasions, and general saving of the world. Oh, and incidently, answering questions for the Teeming Millions. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/2 "2017-11-03T01:46:13Z")
It obviously has to do something to relive water hammer in the ram pump. > **[A New Theory for the Great Pyramid: How Science is Changing Our View of the...](https://www.newdawnmagazine.com/articles/a-new-theory-for-the-great-pyramid-how-science-is-changing-our-view-of-the-past)** ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/3 "2017-11-03T01:59:32Z")
What will they find in the chamber? I vote for The Anubis Gates. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/4 "2017-11-03T02:28:36Z")
I’m voting for: “It’s an artifact of the testing method, and there is no chamber.” Even though I hope there really is one. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/5 "2017-11-03T03:03:18Z")
Jimmy Hoffa ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/6 "2017-11-03T03:39:19Z")
George Costanza’s keys. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/7 "2017-11-03T04:30:56Z")
Chariots of the gods. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/8 "2017-11-03T05:48:48Z")
I expect that will be where the grain was stored. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/9 "2017-11-03T05:59:01Z")
C’mon, People! _Booze!_ The Afterlife goes on for, like a long, long time! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/10 "2017-11-03T06:13:54Z")
Spaceships so the Pharaoh’s descendants can return to the home planet. 😉 Yeah I watched too much Stargate SG-1 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/11 "2017-11-03T06:15:38Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > I expect that will be where the grain was stored. So help me, if that turns out to be the case, I’m going to cry. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/12 "2017-11-03T11:27:37Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I’m voting for: “It’s an artifact of the testing method, and there is no chamber.” There were [three different testing teams](https://gizmodo.com/stunned-scientists-detect-suspected-hidden-chamber-with-1820054009) using three different types of muon sensors. All gave the same results. I think that instrument artifacts can be ruled out. I’ll go with the more prosaic explanation suggested in the comments on the Gizmodo article–a [relieving chamber](https://www.google.com/search?q=relieving+chamber&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8). ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/13 "2017-11-03T12:24:27Z")
The source of the geysers. Duh. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/14 "2017-11-03T12:50:06Z")
I think we will find certain builder habits are age-old: [Couple finds bottles of urine, rodents behind walls of their $2M luxury condo - nj.com](http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2017/11/bottles_of_urine_food_found_between_walls_of_luxur.html) ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/15 "2017-11-03T13:30:26Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > There were [three different testing teams](https://gizmodo.com/stunned-scientists-detect-suspected-hidden-chamber-with-1820054009) using three different types of muon sensors. All gave the same results. I think that instrument artifacts can be ruled out. Ah, I hadn’t seen that. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/16 "2017-11-03T18:13:04Z")
I’m guessing some sort of burial chamber. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/17 "2017-11-03T18:59:55Z")
It would be nice if they could run a drill to it or dig underneath the pyramid to have a look. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/18 "2017-11-03T19:01:13Z")
The pyramids were all robbed shortly after they were built. The Great Pyramid, for example, was robbed by someone (well, a team of someones, realistically) who knew where the the Grand Gallery is and how to get around the anti-theft sliding blocks. If there’s more rooms in the pyramid, their construction wouldn’t have been a secret. I doubt it’s a burial chamber, and if it is, I doubt it’s undisturbed. My money’s on either a) they used some shoddy blocks on the interior, which have crumbled under the weight of time or b) it’s a load distribution feature, like the false ceilings above the King’s Chamber. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/19 "2017-11-03T19:02:15Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > It would be nice if they could run a drill to it or dig underneath the pyramid to have a look. I’d really like to look under the Sphinx, personally. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569/20 "2017-11-03T19:18:12Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > My money’s on either a) they used some shoddy blocks on the interior, which have crumbled under the weight of time or b) it’s a load distribution feature, like the false ceilings above the King’s Chamber. Could it be just skimping on material? I mean, there doesn’t seem to be a terribly good reason to build the whole thing solid, and getting all those big stone blocks out and up there, however they did it, can’t have been very easy. So just leave a few gaps here and there, save a couple of big blocks, make the whole structure a little lighter, get done a bit quicker? (This sort of presumes that the muon scanning technique they used just resolves average density, IOW they merely know that there’s a volume where density is less than it would be for a completely solid structure.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-pyramid-new-chamber-discovered/800569.md?page=2)