A sophisticated “muographic” scan of a well-trod Ancient Greek necropolis, a network of tombs, revealed a puzzling new area that could be a cramped burial chamber. But the researchers can’t confirm as no passage or stairway leads to the strange area.
Hidden under a busy area of Naples, Italy, the necropolis features beautiful fresco paintings and other monuments installed by wealthy Hellenic families between 600 and 200 B.C. At this time, the Greek city of Neapolis (“new city”) thrived above ground and built many buildings and an aqueduct system.
While most of these remain buried under present-day Naples, some surviving and modern-day structures remain connected to the old tombs, through World War II-era bomb shelters and water cisterns built in the 1500s.
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To prepare for the sophisticated muographic scan, the researchers from Italy and Japan reviewed a more conventional laser scan of ...
