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New corridor found in the Great Pyramid? |
Found this in the news today:
Pyramid's 'secret'
31.08.2004 5.20 am
Two French amateur archaeologists this week published a book in which they claim to have located the secret burial chamber of the Pyramid of Cheops near Cairo, the largest pyramid ever built.
They claim a fourth, undiscovered, room lies underneath its so-called Queen's chamber, and is likely to have been the burial chamber for Cheops, an Egyptian Pharaoh who ruled from 2560 to 2532 BC.
Cheops' final resting place has never been found, despite decades of investigation at the site, but the researchers are being denied access to the pyramid to test their theory.
Using a technique called microgravimetry, which measures the density of materials, Gilles Dormion and Jean-Yves Verd'hurt discovered what appeared to be a cavity underneath the Queen's chamber, where they also found evidence that the stone tiling had been moved at some point.
Japanese scientists later confirmed the existence of a cavity a few metres wide, using radar technology. The French team suggests this is a corridor leading to a further chamber, hidden deep in the belly of the pyramid, which could be the elusive sepulchral room.
Egyptian authorities are denying them access on the grounds that neither is a specialist |
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| Alias | Date | Reply |
| Wise |
8/30/2004 1:26:00 PM |
Interesting....another corridor to an ancient riddle.....keep us posted. |
| wont_use_smileys |
8/30/2004 1:40:00 PM |
I originally saw a much longer version of this in the London Observer today, but their on-line site didn't feature it, so I had to post this smaller version. Shame really |
| born again comedian |
8/30/2004 2:37:00 PM |
These guys should hook up with a renowned Egyptologist. Then they could do it. It would make sense what they are saying though. He is too old to have been buried in the valley of the kings and Pyramids were funerary tombs so it had to be somewhere. I mean what an inovative way to hide your treasures from tomb robbers. |
| lilwolf |
8/30/2004 5:59:00 PM |
Hmmmm, that must be where they kept the computers. lilwolf |
| wont_use_smileys |
8/30/2004 6:44:00 PM |
Sometimes I think the only way you'll ever discover the truth about the Great Pyramid is to dismantle it block by block and dig a huge hole under where it stood. Trouble is, I can't see the Egyptian Tourist Board agreeing to this very sensible plan. |
| Give Peace A Chance |
8/30/2004 8:15:00 PM |
Woah.....Dismantle the pyramid thats crazy, thats the point of radar technology and microgravimetry. There are bound to be accessways there |
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