2025
TIME TO REINTRODUCE THE THEORY TO THE PUBLIC
Starting in February, noting renewed interest from leaders of associations, Jean-Pierre Houdin devotes himself to creating a series of PowerPoint presentations of his work. Drawing on the history of his research, supplemented by updates made in the meantime following 10 years of investigations by the ScanPyramids mission on the Pyramid of Khufu, he creates several "à la carte" slideshows. entitled "THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF THE GREAT PYRAMID OF KHUFU"; they are intended to reach different audiences depending on the type of conference planned. This project is an opportunity to note the progress made in the theory during this period, despite the lack of media interest following his exclusion from the ScanPyramids mission. The three Memoirs published on his ACADEMIA page in previous years are now public and constitute an invaluable "library" of information for anyone interested in the subject.
On May 24, Jean-Pierre Houdin gives a first lecture in Paris, organized by the ARKÉOTOPIA association. The three-hour lecture demonstrates the public's interest in the theory, with many questions being asked.
Following an invitation and sponsorship from its vice president, Jean-Christian Kipp, an honorary member of the ACGP, Jean-Pierre Houdin applies to the Société des Explorateurs Français (SEF) in early 2025, detailing more than 25 years of work and research. On June 10, following a unanimous decision by the SEF board of directors, he becomes a member of the Société des Explorateurs Français, following in the footsteps of Paul-Emile Victor, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Maurice Herzog, and Egyptologists Christiane Desroche-Noblecourt and Jean Leclant.
On June 25, Jean-Pierre Houdin gives a second lecture at the Léonard de Vinci University Center in La Défense for the Fredrik R. Bull Institute, whose motto is Goethe's "I love those who dream the impossible." Once again, the reception is very positive.
On November 21, Jean-Pierre Houdin gives a third lecture in Paris at the Hôtel de la Société des Ingénieurs des Arts et Métiers to celebrate the 20th anniversary of a lecture given on June 3, 2005, which had an extraordinary impact: collaboration with Dassault Systèmes as part of the "Passion for Innovation" program. This collaboration brought Jean-Pierre Houdin's work to the attention of the whole world with presentations at the Géode, Khufu Revealed in 2007 and Khufu Reborn in 2011. Two members of the ACGP, Gérard Ledieu and Jean-Jacques Urban-Galindo, are behind this initiative.
On December 11, EXCURIO is launching a new virtual reality experience: THE SECRET OF THE PYRAMID BUILDERS at the ECLIPSO centers in Paris, Lyon, and Bordeaux. Following the global success of HORIZON OF KHUFU, also created by EXCURIO, this new immersive expedition brings the genius of the builders of ancient Egypt back to life. From the Giza plateau to the port of Wadi-al-Jarf on the Red Sea, it is a fascinating story where history, poetry, and technology come together to stir the emotions. Jean-Pierre Houdin contributed his expertise on the pyramids, with his theory being mentioned as a possible explanation for their construction. Egyptologist Pierre Tallet, discoverer of the port of Wadi al-Jarf, and Egyptologist Peter der Manuelian, professor of Egyptology at Harvard, are the other contributors to this experience at the crossroads of knowledge and contemplation.
In mid-December, Jean-Pierre Houdin publishes on his ACADEMIA page the PROCEEDINGS of the presentation entitled THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PYRAMID OF KHUFU, which he had given on September 6, 2004, at the 9th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF EGYPTOLOGISTS in Grenoble (France), now more than 21 years ago.
This publication is an opportunity for him to revisit this communication in which he summarizes the main points of the theory that he and his father Henri had developed. In addition, he listed and described eight non-destructive investigation techniques that could be used in a mission to detect a possible internal ramp that may have been used in the construction of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, if it had not been filled in at the end of the construction work.
On that same day, September 6, 2004, following an introduction by Professor Hany Helal, future coordinator of the ScanPyramids mission, he met with Dr. Zahi Hawass and presented him with a preliminary dossier for a mission to survey the Great Pyramid of Giza using non-destructive techniques.
Thus, the origins of the ScanPyramids mission can be traced back to this communication, with the decade of contacts and experiences in the techniques mentioned above being complemented by the arrival of muography following his meeting with Dr. Hiroyuki Tanaka of the University of Tokyo in 2012. In 2014, Nagoya University and Japan's KEK took up the torch for the official mission. The other contributors, for infrared thermography, will be Laval University in Quebec City (see History 2010) and expert Jean-Claude Barré, who was selected for the first mission project (see History 2005).
