The chambers, one of which is domed, were undoubtedly designed to reduce the weight of the superstructure on the main part of the tomb. The team used an endscope, a small instrument used to penetrate small crevices like those between the blocks of the pyramid. Gaballa explained due to the small size of the endscope. It is a non-destructive method of excavation. The thorny question of who built the pyramid of Meidum remains.
Scholars are divided.
Some attribute it to King Huni, the last king of the third dynasty, while others maintain it belongs to King Sneferu, founder of the fourth dynasty. Egyptologist Zahi Hawass subscribes to the latter theory, suggesting the structure was probably built as a step pyramid and for some reason left unfinished. The king then built his other pyramids at Dahshur before returning to Meidum to complete the structure. Tombs in a village Three tombs of high officials that date back to the 26th dynasty have been found beneath a modern residential area in El-Bawiti village in Bahariya Oasis. The tombs were found by an SCA mission which also unearthed a large collection of pottery, statues and sarcophagi.