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A scan discovers a sealed, 30-foot-long hallway inside a Giza pyramid

Policemen are silhouetted against the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt, in 2012. (Hassan Ammar/AP)

CAIRO — Egypt's antiquities authorities on Thursday unveiled a newly discovered, sealed-off chamber inside one of the Great Pyramids at Giza, just outside of Cairo, that dates back some 4,500 years ago.

The corridor — on the northern side of the Pyramid of Khufu — was discovered using modern scanning technology. It measures nearly 30 feet in length and is over 6 feet wide, perched above the main entrance of the pyramid.

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