Cairo . A group of international experts in 2016 will have the difficult mission to “scan” the pyramids of Giza, in order to travel the depths to try to unlock the secrets that can hide among blocks These stone mausoleums 4,500 years old.
There are many legends that have been spread about the construction techniques used in the three pyramids, but the promoters of this project argue that the secret of her still rising hidden in the bowels of these wonders of antiquity.
The aim of this work is to move towards a formula that allowed the builders of the time and place heavy huge stones, one above the other, and raise them to almost 150 meters high.
To unravel their secrets four innovative techniques will be used and will make use of new technologies such as drones and laser.
The experts explained today , at a press conference by the pyramids, for example infrared thermography is used to measure temperature and detect the infrared radiation emitted by the sun, or the modulated thermography, which is to examine the parts and materials projecting the image of the thermal patterns on the surface of the object.
“The warmth of wood is different from the stone and both emit varying degrees of temperature.
The sun also affected differently . This will allow us to know what is inside the pyramids, “said Mathieu Klein, the Canadian University of Laval, before stressing that these techniques are non-invasive.
Also, the detection technique is applied muon, (energy particles that penetrate objects), through which you can discover if there are hidden cameras.
In addition, photogrammetry and laser will be used in the entire area of Dahshur and Giza to make a 3D reconstruction of monuments, pyramids, temples and the Sphinx. “Our maxim is not to touch, not destroy and not be affected.
Let’s scan, photograph, study and analyze it to give us messages about the story. We locate and understand what’s inside, “said the French architect Yves Ubelmann, specializing in heritage and archeology.
Belmann detailed to be taken” thousands and thousands of pictures from different heights to make studies with incredible precision to know, for example, the technical way they were built or how they got the stones “to the place.
The project, with the participation of French, Canadian and Japanese institutions, who will work under the coordination Egypt, will take place throughout 2016 to unravel mysteries thanks to the tracks offered by science and technology.
In the press conference to announce this initiative, the Egyptian Minister of Antiquities, Mamdouh Damati , recalled that Egypt’s history is full of “secrets and mysteries” and said that still “has not been reached scientific satisfaction” about it.
“Is there some secret inside the pyramids? What are they hiding? How were they built? There is much speculation, but we still do not know the truth, “said Damati, before stressing that” there is no mystery that has no solution “to the Egyptians.
Yes, the experts” will not touch a single stone pyramids, “insisted the minister, who is still dealing with the controversy of the famous beard Tuntankamon, which was repaired by some employees of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo with an irreversible glue, causing a deformed crack in the mythical piece.
Hani Helal, an expert from the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University, said that the team includes scientists, architects and engineers, “but archaeologists,” adding that “all work and no pay voluntarily because they have the desire to discover “the story.
Helal said that specialists do not come to Egypt to” use the pyramids as a laboratory mouse, “but to apply techniques already used in multiple objects and in different countries.
“This project is a non-profit program. We move through our passion for antiques and technology and where better to do that than in Egypt, “he said, for his part, Mehdi Tayubi, president of the Institute for Heritage Preservation.
However He warned that “there is no certainty that it will obtain relevant information” but pledged to work closely with the Egyptian experts to get the best possible results.
“pave the way for future experts , to discover what we do not, “he said Tayubi.
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