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Muography Helps Scientists See Inside the Great Pyramid

Scientists use muography to create an internal scan of the Great Pyramid.

01/24/2018

Secrets of the Dead

Muography Helps Scientists See Inside the Great Pyramid

Clip: Season 17 Episode 1 | 1m 39sVideo has Closed Captions

Scientists use muography to create an internal scan of the Great Pyramid.

Scientists used an unprecedented imaging technique called muography to create an internal scan of the Great Pyramid of Giza. See how it works. Muography is the process of recording the trajectories of sub-atomic particles known as muons to form images. The process is similar to taking an x-ray but on a much larger scale.

01/24/2018

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A Peek at the New Discoveries Inside the Great Pyramid

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Clip: S17 Ep1 | 2m 16s | The team uses AR technology to see what the voids inside the Great Pyramid might look like (2m 16s)

Preview | Scanning the Pyramids

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Preview: S17 Ep1 | 36s | Solve a 4,500-year-old mystery with Secrets of the Dead, Scanning the Pyramids. (36s)

Scanning the Pyramids

Clip: S17 Ep1 | 41s | Technology discovers new secrets inside the Great Pyramid at Giza. (41s)

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