Scientists Meet Scientists – TUM-IAS Wednesday Coffee Talk by Dr. Olga Popovych: “ScanPyramids project: Non-Destructive Techniques for the Preservation of Egyptian Cultural Heritage”
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On June 28, 2023, Dr. Olga Popovych (Non-destructive Testing, TUM) will talk about “ScanPyramids project: Non-Destructive Techniques for the Preservation of Egyptian Cultural Heritage.”
Related TUM press release: Important find in the Cheops pyramid of Giza - TUM
Abstract:
Built over 4500 years ago, the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, is the only remaining structure of the Wonders of the Ancient World as described by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. Despite this long existence, only recently has modern science and technology been employed to study this massive stone structure. Cosmic-ray muon radiography throughout the ScanPyramids project has detected a large void above the Grand Gallery of the Great Pyramid and a smaller unidentified void behind the so-called Chevron. Guided by the muon results, the ScanPyramids teams from Cairo University (Egypt) and the Technical University of Munich (Germany) have carried out three measurement campaigns between 2020 and 2022 to characterize the pyramid’s stone at the Chevron and confirm the presence of the ScanPyramids North-Face Corridor (SP-NFC) by employing a range of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) techniques. The presentation presents selected results from NDT measurements that were deployed to the surface of the Chevron and after lead to the investigation of the previously unknown chamber in the Cheops pyramid of Giza.
Date: June 28, 2023
Time: 13:00 CEST (until approx. 14:00)
Location: online
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