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The Times of India
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TOI World Desk

What lies beneath Egypt’s Giza Pyramid: Satellite radar study claims vast underground structures

Reports emerging in March 2025 have drawn attention to fresh claims about hidden structures beneath the Pyramid of Khafre on the Giza plateau. An Italy-based research group, working with satellite radar imagery rather than ground excavation, says it has identified large underground features extending deep below the monument. The team used Synthetic Aperture Radar data gathered from orbiting satellites and processed it to produce composite images of subsurface density. Their interpretation points to vertical shafts and sizable chambers cut into the bedrock. The findings have not been verified through an on-site investigation. For now, they remain part of an ongoing debate about remote sensing methods, data interpretation and the long-studied geology of the Giza plateau in Egypt.

Synthetic aperture radar used to map subsurface features beneath the Pyramid of Khafre

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