Recently the NHK New
On-line reported the following:
ピラミッドに謎の巨大空間 見つかる
11月2日 21時04分
エジプトで最大とされるピラミッドの内部に、これまで知られていない巨大な空間があることが、日本などの研究チームによる最新の調査で確認されました。まだ、見つかっていない王のミイラや副葬品が納められている可能性もあり、ピラミッドをめぐる謎の解明につながると注目されています。
エジプトと日本、フランス、カナダの国際研究チームは、おととしからエジプトで最大とされるクフ王のピラミッドの構造を最新の技術で解き明かす大がかりな調査を進めています。
このうち名古屋大学と高エネルギー加速器研究機構は、宇宙から降り注ぐ「ミューオン」と呼ばれる素粒子を使い、内部をレントゲン写真のように透視する調査を行ってきました。
この結果、ピラミッドのほぼ中央にこれまで知られていない長さが３０メートル以上もある巨大な空間があることを確認し、２日づけのイギリスの科学雑誌ネイチャーの電子版で発表しました。
クフ王のピラミッドは、これまでに３つの部屋が確認されていて、このうち「王の間」と呼ばれる部屋からひつぎが見つかっていますが、ミイラや副葬品はどこからも見つかっていません。今回見つかった空間が何のために作られたかは分かっていませんが、まだ見つかっていない王のミイラや副葬品が納められている可能性もあるということです。
調査を担当した名古屋大学の森島邦博特任助教は「未知の空間が見えた時はものすごいものが見つかったと興奮しました。中に何があるのかは開けてみないとわからないので、今後の調査に期待したい」と話しています。
My translation
It was confirmed by
the latest investigation done by a research team in Japan that there was a huge
space which was not known up to now inside the biggest pyramid in Egypt. There
was also a possibility that a king's mummy and some burial goods which were not
found so far were put inside there; it attracted attention because this could lead
to the unfolding of a mystery concerning the pyramid.
An international
research team with members from Egypt, Japan, France and Canada since two years
ago was advancing a large-scale investigation by which the structure of King
Khufu's pyramid that was the biggest in Egypt was being investigated using the
latest technology.
Among them, Nagoya
University together with a high energy electron accelerator studying organization were
doing the investigation, similar to using X-ray; they saw through the interior by
making use of the so called "Muons" which was the elementary particle
that was showered down from the universe.
As a result it was
confirmed that there was an over 30 meters long huge space so far not known at
about the center of the pyramid; this was announced by an electronic edition of
British scientific journal Nature released on the 2nd.
In King Khufu's
pyramid 3 rooms were identified so far, and inside them a coffin was found in
the room called “King’s place", but the mummy and burial goods were not
found. Why the space found this time was built for was not known, but it was
said that there was a possibility that the king's mummy and burial goods which
were not found so far were being kept there.
Kunihiro Morishima the
Associate Professor in Nagoya University who was taking charge of the
investigation said that "to be able to find some unknown space is frightful and it is exciting when finding it. We
cannot find out what is inside if we do not open it, so I am looking forward to
the future investigations.”
It is an exciting discovery. I look forward
to knowing what is inside this large empty space.
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