No, This Image Doesn't Show Hindu Temple Under a Pyramid; It's a Priest's Tomb

This image was clicked in 2012 when a priest's tomb carrying an ancient wall painting was discovered in Giza.

An image of an excavated site near a pyramid is going viral on the internet with a claim that a Hindu temple was discovered in Egypt.

The claim also states that a Hindu sun temple is located under the pyramid where several Shiv Lingams were found.

(Archives of similar claims can be seen here and here.)

What's the truth?: The image dates back to 2012 when an ancient wall painting was discovered in a priest's tomb in the east of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt.

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How did we find out the truth?: We ran a reverse image search on the image and came across a report by the science news website, Live Science.

• The report was shared on 15 July 2014 and the title read, "Ancient Priest's Tomb Painting Discovered Near Great Pyramid at Giza".

• The report carried the same viral image and mentioned that a wall painting that dates back over 4,300 years, was discovered in a tomb located just east of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

• It also states that this painting was discovered in 2012 by a team from the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and this team was excavating the tombs since 1996.

• The caption with the image mentions that the tomb of a priest located 300 meters from the Great Pyramid at Giza had a painting depicting scenes of ancient life.

• The tomb also had three other rooms.

• We found another report by NBC News about the same discovery.

• The photograph has been credited to Maksim Lebedev.

• We have reached out to him, and the story will be update once we recieve a response.

Conclusion: An old discovery of a wall painting inside a tomb in Giza, Egypt is being shared with a false claim that a Hindu temple was discovered under a pyramid.

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