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Fact Focus
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RTHK’s new podcast focusing on dispelling misinformation, disinformation and fake news. Don't take for granted unverified claims and believe everything you see. Each episode, we'll focus on a couple of viral posts that are making false claims and set the record straight.
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Elvis Yu2025-05-08
False: 'Giant structures' found under Egyptian pyramids
Is there an underground city beneath one of the Great Pyramids of Giza, where there's a hidden world of structures and massive columns that spiral more than half-a-kilometre into the earth?
Those are the supposed findings of three Italian researchers with no background in Egyptology or archeology. The trio claimed they used special radar tech used by Nasa to see underground. But according to AFP Factcheck, the American space agency itself said that the synthetic aperture radar, quote, "is not designed to probe extreme depths".
Find out more in this edition of Fact Focus.
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