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Egyptian Pyramid Rover Finds... Another Door

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the screw-this-i'm-gating-home dept.

JoeRobe writes "In what appears to be more evidence that ancient Egyptian architects had a sense of humor, MSNBC is reporting that the pyramid rover has determined what was behind the door at the end of a mysterious shaft alluded to earlier - another door."

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  1. Short-term memory gone? by sohp · · Score: 5, Informative

    How is this different from a story posted two days ago?

  2. this was tried by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    This was tried several years ago. The robot they used did not have a fiber optic camera, and was unable to see past the door, however, it did have a laser on it, and they shined the laser through the cracks in the sides of the door and were unable to see the dot, so there is some evidence that there is a large room behind the door.

    The new robot has a fiber optic camera, and some kind of device which will allow it to see through up to 3 feet of rock.

    One thing that kind of pisses me off about the whole egyptology thing, is that the egyptian government is pretty strict on who they let come and do work like this over there. If they don't agree with some of your views on the history of the pyramids, good luck getting a permit to do anything there. The history of the pyramids is very sketchy, and how the traditional egyptologists think their theories are 100% correct is very arrogant.

  3. Best site for info on this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The BEST place to get info about the shafts and the history is:

    http://www.cheops.org/

    It is a site constructed by Rudolph Gattenbrink and contains all of his findings in a very public way... AutoCAD drawings of how each block was cut to form the shaft, etc...

    Zahi Hawass (The director of the Giza site) loves to take credit for anything and everything.. I true ego-maniac... I would love to see Rudolph Gattenbrink get the credit he deserves...

    There is a petition located at:

    http://www.dailygrail.com/petition/

  4. Re:ok by gosand · · Score: 5, Informative
    So can someone explain to me why they didn't open the door? I mean seriously.

    Short answer - RTFA!

    Did you even see the show? The "door" is in an 8"x8" square shaft that entends up at about a 45 degree angle. I think the shaft was 200 ft long.

    Over months, they built a special robot that chould get to the door, and it tried to move it. They used some kind of sonar to determine that the door was only 3" thick, so they tested out a device to drill a 3" hole in it, so they could insert a small camera and light.

    So instead of thinking that you are so clever, maybe you should have watched the show, or at least read the article before going off on some pseudo tirade.

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