Joe Rogan Experience #2545 - Jesse Michels · Aired Aug 25, 2026
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Ground-penetrating radar has confirmed the existence of the chambers in the Egyptian Labyrinth described by Herodotus.
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Researchers did survey the Hawara site and found subsurface anomalies that might indicate walls or rooms from a mortuary temple complex, so there is a real study behind this. But the techniques used were VLF electromagnetic scanning and electrical resistivity tomography rather than ground penetrating radar, and the researchers themselves said the findings need excavation to confirm, so calling it confirmed overstates where things actually stand.
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Is it true that Ground-penetrating radar has confirmed the existence of the chambers in the Egyptian Labyrinth described by Herodotus?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Researchers did survey the Hawara site and found subsurface anomalies that might indicate walls or rooms from a mortuary temple complex, so there is a real study behind this. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2545 - Jesse Michels, aired Aug 25, 2026, at 2:51:48. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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