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2-3-2023

⚠️ A new corridor was discovered inside the pyramid of Khufu, with a length of 9 meters and it is considered the most important archaeological scientific discovery in this modern era!
It is expected that this corridor leads to the real burial chamber of King Khufu, owner of the Great Pyramid!
📌 Informed sources in the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said that the Japanese Nagoya University mission to explore for antiquities in the Giza pyramids area discovered a corridor above the entrance to the Great Pyramid.
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa will announce, in a press conference in front of the Great Pyramid this Thursday morning, the details of the important discovery, as part of the results of the "Exploring the Pyramids" project.
The Pyramids Residents project includes researchers from three different universities: Cairo, Canadian Laval and Japan's Nagoya. The project has been operating with the approval of the Permanent Committee of Egyptian Antiquities since 2015.
Periodic reports are presented on the results of the project’s work, and they are presented to the international scientific committee formed of archaeologists and specialists in the pyramids, headed by Egyptologist Zahi Hawass, and membership of scientists from the United States, Germany and the Czech Republic.
Reports issued in 2017 confirmed the existence of several cavities inside the pyramids, which prompted the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities to agree to continue research work on the project.
New Administrative Capital

The new capital of Egypt is in the make! The capital was launched in October 2017, with a top priority of construction. It’s 50 km East from Cairo. End 2050 it should count 2050 over 6,5 million inhabitants!
The reason to build this new major city is to relieve congestion in Cairo, which is already one of the world’s most crowded cities. The population in Cairo at the moment is around 20 million.
The city will be a great improvement on the current capital Cairo.

It will have a central park, artificial lakes, about 2.000 educational institutions, a technology and innovation park, 663 hospitals and clinics, 1.250 mosques and churches, a 93.440-seat stadium, 40.000 hotel rooms, a major theme park, 90 square kilometers of solar energy farms, an electric railway link with Cairo and a new international airport at the site of the Egyptian Air Force’s existing Wadi al Jandali Airport. One highlight will be world’s first Forbes Tower! A huge tower with which they hope to attract many tourists and international workers.

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