Great Pyramid of Giza dissipates electromagnetic energy

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

An international research group has applied theoretical physics methods to investigate the electromagnetic response of the Great Pyramid to radio waves. Scientists have proven that, under resonance conditions, a pyramid can concentrate electromagnetic energy in its internal chambers and under the base.

While the Egyptian pyramids are surrounded by many myths and legends, researchers have little scientifically reliable information about their physical properties. Recently, physicists have become interested in how the Great Pyramid would interact with electromagnetic waves of resonant length. Calculations have shown that in a resonant state, a pyramid can concentrate electromagnetic energy both in the inner chambers and under the base, where the third unfinished chamber is located.

These conclusions were obtained on the basis of numerical modeling and analytical methods of physics. Researchers have estimated for the first time that resonances in the pyramid can be caused by radio waves ranging in length from 200 to 600 meters. They then modeled the pyramid's electromagnetic response and calculated the cross section. This value helps to estimate how much of the incident wave energy can be scattered or absorbed by the pyramid under resonant conditions. Finally, under the same conditions, scientists obtained the distribution of the electromagnetic field inside the pyramid.

To explain the results obtained, the scientists conducted a multipole analysis. This method is widely used in physics to study the interaction of a complex object with an electromagnetic field. The field scattering object is replaced by a set of simpler radiation sources - multipoles. The set of multipole emissions coincides with the scattering field for the entire object. Therefore, knowing the type of each multipole, it is possible to predict and explain the distribution and configuration of the scattered fields in the entire system.

The Great Pyramid attracted researchers when they studied the interaction between light and dielectric nanoparticles. The scattering of light by nanoparticles depends on their size, shape and refractive index of the starting material. By varying these parameters, one can determine the modes of resonant scattering and use them to develop devices for controlling light at the nanoscale.

"The Egyptian pyramids have always attracted a lot of attention. We, as scientists, were also interested in them, so we decided to consider the Great Pyramid as a particle that resonantly scatters radio waves. Due to the lack of information about the physical properties of the pyramid, we had to use some assumptions. For example, we assumed that there are no unknown cavities inside, and building material with the properties of ordinary limestone is evenly distributed inside and outside the pyramid. Having made these assumptions, we got interesting results that can find important practical applications ", - says Dr. Andrey Evlyukhin, scientific leader and coordinator of the study.

Scientists now plan to use the findings to reproduce such effects at the nanoscale.

“By choosing a material with suitable electromagnetic properties, we can obtain pyramidal nanoparticles with the prospect of practical application in nanosensors and efficient solar cells,” says Polina Kapitainova, Ph. D., member of the Faculty of Physics and Technology of ITMO University.