“All this information is completely wrong and has no scientific basis,” he stated, adding that Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities had not authorized any work inside or around the Khafre pyramid.
He also rejected claims that radar had been used inside the pyramid.
"This is false,” Hawass said, noting that those spreading the rumours were amateurs who had used unapproved, unvalidated techniques.
“The details they announced could not have been detected using such methods.”
The controversy began when conspiracy theorists spread research by Italian scholars Corrado Malanga of the University of Pisa and Filippo Biondi of the University of Strathclyde on X (formerly Twitter), claiming that a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) scan of the Giza Plateau revealed a network of structures extending roughly two kilometres beneath the pyramids.
They claimed to have found five identical structures connected by pathways near the Khafre pyramid's base and eight deep vertical wells extending 648 metres underground.
Archaeologists debunked all of these claims.
The Giza Plateau, home to the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Sphinx, and other ancient marvels, draws millions of visitors annually.
Three pyramids lie in the Giza Plateau: one for King Khufu, the second built by his son King Khafre, and the third for Menkaure, the son of Khafre and Khufu's grandson.
The trial operation of the Giza Pyramids area, currently under construction, will begin on 7 April via the Fayoum Desert Road entrance, as the area’s official inauguration is scheduled for 3 July, coinciding with the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum.
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