A team of researchers studying the pyramids of Giza using non-invasive techniques believes they have identified two new "anomalies" in the Menkaure Pyramid. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

The Menkaure Pyramid, built for Pharaoh Menkaure, who ruled between 2490 and 2472 BCE, is the smallest of the pyramids at the Giza site in Egypt. It is also the least-disturbed of the pyramids since the Old Kingdom, the period spanning 2700–2200 BCE.

"From 1906 to 1910, Reisner excavated the pyramid complex and uncovered evidence revealing a more intricate and dynamic history than its architectural design suggests," the team explains in their new study. "This archaeological insight into the life cycle of a pyramid has raised as many

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