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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. Poll by syntap · · Score: 0, Troll

    What's Behind Door #2?

    1) Anna Nicole Smith's Dietician
    2) Steve Case's New Office
    3) Kernel 2.6.0
    4) A Stash of PS2 Network Adapters
    5) CowbotNeal's Playroom

  2. Re:A bit of history here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Troll

    Correct. It's also noteworthy that the CNN article about this completely fails to acknowledge Gantenbrink's achievements and incorrectly states that the door was discovered in 1872. A summary of Gantenbrink's work can be found at http://www.cheops.org -I.

  3. egytian pyramids are great and all by f00zbll · · Score: 0, Troll
    but lets not forget there are other great pyramids, like the ones in central and south america. In many reguards, the American pyramids are equally amazing. The real difference here is there's more PR for egyptian pyramids, because they were found by "respected" british gentlemen.

    It is so damn irritating to hear so called "scientists" ooh and ahh over some discovery they made. And better yet when they say "see ancient egyptians weren't a bunch of slaves and they were smart." Big deal! If the scientist was so smart, he would have all the answers already. They only thing it really tells me is living scientists automatically assume ancient peoples are stupid or some how less intelligent. Get over your damn self and stop grandstanding. Geez. I don't consider PR gimics hardcore scientific research.

    / rant

  4. Re:Egyptian Engineers: by Your_Mom · · Score: 0, Troll
    MY GOD! They've discovered the first case mod
    Oh my god. That made my day. Someone mod that up please.
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  5. MOD PARENT UP by MoneyT · · Score: 1, Troll

    Funny stuff

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  6. Re:A bit of history here by uncoveror · · Score: 1, Troll

    Aliens did build the pyramids and the Sphinx. They built the pyramids and face on Mars as well. We have known this since the Viking probe in the '70s. Read all about it. Martians destroy Mars Climate Orbiter. Martians destroy Mars Polar Lander. Martians have base on dark side of moon. There it is in black and white. We couldn't print it if it weren't true!

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  7. Re:Digging the Weans by bjtuna · · Score: 1, Troll

    Which is just common sense architecture

    That would be engineering, not architecture. Architects design the shape and look of a structure; engineers (specifically, civil and structural engineers) decide how to build them.

    Until you know what IS and ISN'T architecture, you should probably refrain from making authoritative claims on what constitutes common sense in that field.

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