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Another New Tomb in the Valley of the Kings?
Praxiteles writes "A radar survey in 2000 found KV63, the tomb excavated near King Tutankhamen's tomb earlier this year. (KV stands for Valley of the Kings). Just announced is that this same radar survey shows an image of what appears to be a shaft to another tomb just 15 meters north of KV63. Will radar stratigraphy change the multi-millennial tradition of destructive excavation and open new opportunities in the search for buried treasure?"
To Whomever modded this Offtopic:
And where exactly would you recommend this be posted? I doubt it's linux related, and I didn't read anything about hamradio... to tell you the truth, this valley of the kings crap seems as good a topic as any to lead into a milk-oriented discussion... probably even better; the kings probably drank milk - I don't believe I've ever read anything about network security that involved strong teeth and bones...
And what gets to me is the arrogance of the western archeologists who complain about 'grave robbers' who've done nothing more than attempt to feed their families but have agrieved the archeologists in potentially runing their chances of a career changing discovery.
Honestly, it drives me nuts and you see it from archeologists and anthropologists digging and exploring all over the world.
"The first thing that professors will tell their Ph.D. condidates is that sources from the internet are not valid."
You mean a lot of the same guys following that old business model of keeping all knowledge in a set of dead tree formats that are very expensive, and from which they and their academic industry make a ton of money? Those guys? The dudes who seemingly never get a real job and stay as professional subsidised students forever? The hundred buck "must have" dead tree books and the thousands per year dead tree "journals" they push? The professional "piled higher and deeper" class?
Ya, I just can't see why they would blanket condemn an internet link... no threat to them there!
Granted, a lot of crap on the net, but that won't change until the crap in dead tree publications changes too, along with that "exclusive, neener neener"mindset they have. At least net publication it's potentially *cheaper* and is open to a more open model of vastly faster and more thorough "peer review". I see a rough analogy with the MAFIAA folks who refuse to enter the 21st century and look for other business models, so they rail against anything new that might disrupt the status quo and seek to perpetuate their buggywhip industry.
indeCision and BSD machines, share, this news of progress.