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The team of Corrado Malanga, Armando Mei, Filippo Biondi, and Nicole Ciccolo has indeed released information about Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) scanning of the Giza plateau, with a specific focus on the underground structures beneath the Khafre pyramid.
This research represents a significant application of satellite technology to archaeological investigation. Below is a comprehensive analysis of the available sources documenting this project.
Multiple sources confirm that the team has made official announcements about their findings. On March 15, 2025, they released information summarizing key findings regarding underground structures detected beneath the Khafre Pyramid. This followed earlier announcements, including a press release from February 2025 where Nicole Ciccolo, serving as head of communications, presented findings about "a vast underground city" beneath the Giza pyramids.
A subsequent official statement released on February 14, 2025, explicitly identified the research as the "Khafre Research Project SAR Technology" and detailed the collaboration among Professor Corrado Malanga, Filippo Biondi, Armando Mei, and Nicole Ciccolo6. This statement specified that the team used Capella Space satellite data to conduct their analysis, confirming the satellite technology component mentioned in the summary.
The research builds upon earlier work by team members, particularly Filippo Biondi, who has been exploring the application of Synthetic Aperture Radar to pyramid structures. In July 2024, Biondi shared information about using SAR technology to study the "harmonic resonance" of Khafre's Pyramid, providing insight into the methodological approach that likely informed the current findings.
The technical foundation for this research appears in a 2022 paper titled "Synthetic Aperture Radar Doppler Tomography Reveals Details of Undiscovered High-Resolution Internal Structure of the Great Pyramid of Giza," co-authored by Filippo Biondi. This paper describes how SAR data can be processed to reveal internal structures within pyramids by analyzing micro-movements generated by background seismic waves, transforming radar signals into phononic information to detect millimetric vibrations.
According to the March 18, 2025 report, the team's analysis revealed extensive underground structures beneath the Khafre Pyramid, including: Five identical structures near the base of the pyramid, connected by geometric pathways and containing five horizontal levels with sloping roofs. Eight cylindrical structures resembling vertical wells, surrounded by descending spiral pathways. Two large cubic structures measuring approximately 80 meters per side at a depth of 648 meters, where the eight cylindrical structures merge.
The entire structure extending approximately two kilometers beneath the surface and continuing beneath all three pyramids of the Giza complex1 Research Methodology The team has described their methodology as involving:
- Processing of SAR data from multiple angles to create 3D reconstructions of internal pyramid structures. Use of "Doppler tomography," a patented technique developed by Biondi that enables detection of underground structures.
- Converting photonic radar information into phonic signals to capture vibrational data within the acoustic band.
- Analysis of data from Capella Space satellites
The sources collectively confirm the core elements of the summary regarding the team's composition, their use of SAR technology, their focus on the Khafre pyramid and the broader Giza plateau, and their application of satellite technology. The most recent findings were announced in March 2025, with earlier press releases in February 2025 establishing the foundation of the project. The team has scheduled detailed presentations of their findings, with both press conferences and technical conferences planned to share additional data with the scientific community and the public.