Archaeology & History

Second 'hidden city' allegedly found beneath the Giza pyramids

By T.K. Randall
June 10, 2025 ·  41 comments

Image: The Mortuary Complex of Menkaura, Egypt
Credit: Noureddin Abdulbari / CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted) Earlier this year, a team of researchers from Scotland's University of Strathclyde and Italy's University of Pisa claimed that, by using radar pulses to create high-resolution images of what lies beneath Egypt's Pyramids of Giza, they had discovered eight vertical cylindrical structures extending 2,100 feet beneath the ground and even more unidentified structures descending a further 4,000 feet below that.

At the time, this seemingly groundbreaking discovery of a complex hidden beneath the pyramids was met with skepticism by the archaeological community with many experts questioning their findings.

Fast-forward a few months and now the same team is back with the claim that it has discovered evidence of matching shafts and chambers beneath the neighboring Pyramid of Menkaure.

According to the researchers, there is a 90 percent probability that the scans show the same types of pillars as those detected beneath the Pyramid of Khafre, adding to the likelihood that there is a "colossal subterranean complex" around 2,000ft beneath the desert floor."The pyramids are only the tip of the iceberg," said lead radar specialist Filippo Biondi.

As before, however, this latest revelation has also been met with fierce skepticism from other experts.

Egypt's former antiquities minister Dr. Zahi Hawass has been particularly vocal in his criticism of the findings, branding the whole thing "impossible" and emphasizing the lack of peer review.

Meanwhile, Biondi and his colleagues have promised to reveal the full tomography data within months and are currently seeking permission to conduct coring tests at the site.

Whether they really have found evidence of a hidden city, however, remains to be seen.

Source: Jerusalem Post | Comments (41)

Tags: Egypt, Pyramids