Overview

• Advanced 3D and imaging scans uncovered 4,500-year-old graffiti in narrow chambers above the King’s Chamber attributing construction to named work gangs.
• Archaeologists unearthed tombs south of the pyramid containing statues and 21 hieroglyphic titles that reflect laborers’ roles and social status.
• Excavations revealed flint tools, pounding stones and remnants of a rubble-and-mud ramp linking a nearby quarry to the construction site.
• Analysis of animal bones indicates a meat-based diet provisioned roughly 10,000 workers daily under a regulated schedule.
• A Matt Beall-funded robotic probe is scheduled for early 2026 to explore the 2017-discovered Big Void and extend these findings within the pyramid.