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For thousands of years, the pyramids of Giza have stood above one of archaeology's greatest mysteries. But in 2025, a claim emerged that potentially made the mystery considerably larger. Researchers using satellite-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) said they had detected enormous structures beneath the Pyramid of Khafre — including vertical shafts, chambers and possible interconnected underground features extending far below the Giza Plateau. The claims quickly spread around the world, with some reports describing an enormous underground "city" beneath the pyramids. But there is a crucial question: Did the radar actually detect what the researchers claimed it detected? The Khafre claim The research was associated with Italian researcher Corrado Malanga and radar specialist Filippo Biondi. Their approach involved analysing SAR data from satellites and, rather than simply looking at conventional radar images, examining extremely small movements and signals associated wit...