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Pyramid Rover Finds A Third Closed Door

Posted by timothy on from the monty-hall-is-on-hand dept.

eyefish writes "Well, following on this story and then on this one, we now get to this third story in the series: 'a camera thrust through the south shaft's door last week revealed what appeared to be another door on the other side of a 9-inch-square chamber, for a total of three so far in the pyramid.' This is getting more exciting all the time. I only hope we get to see what's behind the last door before my lifetime..."

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  1. Now the Real Question.. by RaboKrabekian · · Score: 4, Funny

    If they decide to open Door Number 3 and nothing's there, do they have to forfeit all of their winnings?

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    1. Re:Now the Real Question.. by LastToKnow · · Score: 3, Funny

      The trick is to switch doors after the pyramid reveals one of the incorrect doors. Ups your chances of winning.

    2. Re:Now the Real Question.. by Zeinfeld · · Score: 3, Informative
      If they decide to open Door Number 3 and nothing's there, do they have to forfeit all of their winnings?

      Actually lots of doors indicates that there is very likely something of importance there. The Tutankhamen coffin was surrounded by a set of 4 gilt doors. So door number 4 might lead to something interesting.

      Quite what that would be is anyone's guess. Anything that was put there would have been added during construction. Of course it could be that they thought that his soul could pass through a narrow gap but not robbers...

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  2. I hope they find... by blmatthews · · Score: 3, Funny

    in the final room a mural on the wall with the Egyptian equivalent of a smiley face sticking its tongue out.

    I like playing practical jokes that sit dormant for months, imagine playing one that sits dormant for millenia!

    Brian

  3. Re:What's hiding behind Door Number Three? by NiceGeek · · Score: 3, Funny

    Considering why the pyramids were built, shouldn't that be an afterlife-time warranty?

  4. Space by tsa · · Score: 3, Funny

    And when they open the next doors they will find a large space extending beyond the outer walls of the pyramid! It contains the answer to life, the universe and everything, written in hyroglyphics all over it's walls...

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  5. They're not all in a row by dschuetz · · Score: 5, Informative

    Okay, I've been trying to figure out how they managed to get past the second door. They didn't. The article blurb implies that the third door was behind the second, but it's in a different shaft.

    Briefly: There are two shafts. The southern shaft is very straight and has a door blocking it, discovered in 1993. They inserted a fiber-optic camera through a hole in the door and found another door behind it. The northern shaft has twists and turns, and they just now were finally able to get to the end of that with the new robot. That shaft, too, is blocked by a door.

    National Geographic explains it a little better...

  6. Surprising that Bruce Schneier hasn't chimed in... by Peter+T+Ermit · · Score: 4, Funny
    Isn't he an expert in crypt analysis?

    *rim shot*