Space dust to unlock Mexican pyramid secrets

[hedgetrimmer]

~SNIP~
Muon detector could point scientists to hidden burial chambers

Two vendors sit near the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan, where physicists are using a muon detector to look for hidden burial chambers.

By Alistair Bell

Updated: 4:58 p.m. ET March 16, 2004TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico - Remnants of space dust that constantly shower the world are helping unlock the secrets of a 2,000-year-old Mexican pyramid where the rulers of a mysterious civilization may lie buried.

Deep under the huge Pyramid of the Sun, north of Mexico City, physicists are installing a device to detect muons, subatomic particles that are left over when cosmic rays hit Earth.

The particles pass through solid objects, leaving tiny traces which the detector will measure, like an X-ray machine, in a search for burial chambers inside the monolith.

Since there are fewer muons in an empty space than in solid rock or earth, scientists will be able to spot any holes inside the pyramid, a sacred site in the city of Teotihuacan, which rose and fell around the same time as ancient Rome.

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link: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4540266/

[pmbryant]

1. LOL

Never heard a subatmomic particle referred to as "dust" before.

:silly:

Interesting article, though, aside from the peculiar choice of words in the headline.

--Peter

[tobius]

2. space dust?

I agree, the headline caught my eye. thought it was another alien anti christ, illuminati thread.

[RebelOne]

3. Wow, I climbed that thing.

But not all the way. The higher up you go, the bigger the steps.