Ancient Egypt's Second Hidden City

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Scientists uncover SECOND 'hidden city' beneath Egypt's Giza pyramids

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Italian researchers first claimed to have uncovered vast underground structures below the Khafre pyramid in March , igniting fierce backlash from mainstream archaeologists who called the findings 'false' and lacking scientific basis.

Famed archaeologist Dr Zahi Hawass is the team's biggest critic, saying it is impossible for the ground-penetrating radar to see thousands of feet below the surface.

However, the team has now reportedly detected similar shafts beneath the Pyramid of Menkaure , the smallest of the three main pyramids at Giza , months after their initial findings.

Hieroglyphs on the walls of the Temple of Edfu — some 780 miles south of Giza — reference a devastating flood that wiped out a mysterious civilization referred to as the 'Eldest Ones' If debris struck that region, he said, it could have triggered massive flooding from the Mediterranean Sea and Nile River , potentially engulfing parts of ancient Egypt .

Mainstream Egyptologists say the Edfu inscriptions are symbolic and that there's no direct reference to Giza itself.

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