The Western Cemetery holds hundreds of rectangular tombs called mastabas that line the base of Giza's Great Pyramid.

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Researchers used ground-penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography to scan the graveyard near the Great Pyramid of Khufu. Archaeological Prospection Without breaking ground ...