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Remote Sensing Retracts 2022 Great Pyramid Radar Study

9/8/2026

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Remote Sensing journal retracted the 2022 study that claimed satellite radar could reveal hidden structures inside Egypt's Great Pyramid.
Investigation found serious methodological flaws and statistical errors that undermined the paper’s conclusions.
Retraction notice said findings are unreliable but did not allege data fabrication.
Italian researchers Filippo Biondi and Corrado Malanga disagreed with the retraction and gave no comment to Retraction Watch.

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Remote Sensing journal retracted the 2022 study that claimed satellite radar could reveal hidden structures inside Egypt's Great Pyramid.
Investigation found serious methodological flaws and statistical errors that undermined the paper’s conclusions.
Retraction notice said findings are unreliable but did not allege data fabrication.
Italian researchers Filippo Biondi and Corrado Malanga disagreed with the retraction and gave no comment to Retraction Watch.