ANOTHER bombshell claim about the Giza pyramids has come from the researchers who said they discovered a “lost city” beneath the landmarks.
If proven to be true, the new revelation would blow apart the accepted wisdom about the origins of the pyramids.
The team of Italian and Scottish archaeologists has already sensational claimed that “an entire ” is hidden beneath the pyramids.
They said the radar technology allowed them to see complex networks more than a kilometre below ground for the first time.
Many voices in the science world , with some slamming it as “fake news”.
But now, the team has made another groundbreaking claim.
The researchers told the Daily Mail that the Giza complex of pyramids, widely thought the be around 4,500 years old, was actually built 38,000 years ago.
Shafts and chambers they identified below ground are said to be a similar age.
In an even wilder claim, they said the people who built pyramids was destroyed around 12,000 years ago by a “divine flood” triggered by an asteroid pact.
According to the theory, the pyramids were the only “megastructure” to survive the extinction event.
Mei, who visited the site two weeks ago, pointed to physical evidence he believes supports their version of events.
He told the Mail: “Some blocks near the Great Pyramid's entrance show clear signs of water erosion.
“Only certain stones are affected, suggesting part of the pyramid was submerged in ancient times.”
The researcher also noted that thick salt encrusting had been found inside the Great Pyramid, which he interpreted as further proof that it was once submerged in a huge oceanic flood.
As with the research group's claims about a lost underground city, others within the field disagree.
Dr Zahi Hawass, Egypt's former Minister of Antiquities, says the signs of “water erosion” are simply a result of natural weathering.
Similarly, he insists the salt crusts come from within the limestones themselves, rather than a flood.
Despite the contradiction, Mei holds that the “enigma of the Giza pyramids stands as a powerful and perplexing testament to this possibility”.
Mei and his team rocked the world last month with beneath the Giza pyramids.
It is said to include huge vertical columns with spiral stairs, a water system and connecting corridors.
The team, led by Professor Corrado Malanga, said they suspect “an entire hidden world of many structures” beneath the enormous landmarks.
Radarreportedly allowed them to see complex networks more than a kilometre below ground for the first time.
But many in the science world are sceptical and have countered the claims.
Dr Zahi Hawass toldThe Nationalthe findings were “completely wrong” and not rooted in science.
He added: “The claim of using radar inside the pyramid is false, and the techniques employed are neither scientifically approved nor validated.”
The extraordinary new study has not been peer-reviewed.
