Egypt
- Pyramid-exploring Robot Reveals Hidden Hieroglyphs
New Scientist (Rowan Hooper) With diagram. THEY might be ancient graffiti tags left by a worker or symbols of religious significance. A robot has sent back the first images of markings on the wall of a tiny chamber in the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt...
- The Djedi Team Robot
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Recently I went to visit the Great Pyramid of Khufu and observe the work of the Djedi team. Djedi is a joint international-Egyptian mission, which I named after Djedi, the magician who Khufu consulted when planning the layout...
- Daily Photo - The Northern Shaft At The Pyramid Of Khufu
More entertaining and unusual photos from Fred Sierevogel, with my thanks. Fred calls this set of photos "The Mankiller" - the north shaft of the King's Chamber in the pyramid of Khufu. The outlet is at 83 metres high. The last of the photographs...
- The Second Door
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/5/Article on today's edition of the Egyptian Gazette website by Zahi Hawass about investigations of the "air shafts" in the Great Pyramid - nothing new here, but I have added it in case it is of interest. It is...
- The Great Pyramid Shafts
The shafts that extend from the northern and southern walls of the Queens chamber have been found to have doors with copper bolts inside them. Perhaps behind one of these doors we will find a sarcophagus containing the missing mummy of Khufu's mother...
Egypt
Daily Photo - Queen's Chamber, Pyramid of Khufu
Thanks very much to Fred Sierevogel for another set of unusual photographs from Giza. These photographs show the interior of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, specifically the two shafts leading out of the Queen's Chamber, views that most of us don't have the opportunity to see in person.
- Pyramid-exploring Robot Reveals Hidden Hieroglyphs
New Scientist (Rowan Hooper) With diagram. THEY might be ancient graffiti tags left by a worker or symbols of religious significance. A robot has sent back the first images of markings on the wall of a tiny chamber in the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt...
- The Djedi Team Robot
drhawass.com (Zahi Hawass) Recently I went to visit the Great Pyramid of Khufu and observe the work of the Djedi team. Djedi is a joint international-Egyptian mission, which I named after Djedi, the magician who Khufu consulted when planning the layout...
- Daily Photo - The Northern Shaft At The Pyramid Of Khufu
More entertaining and unusual photos from Fred Sierevogel, with my thanks. Fred calls this set of photos "The Mankiller" - the north shaft of the King's Chamber in the pyramid of Khufu. The outlet is at 83 metres high. The last of the photographs...
- The Second Door
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/5/Article on today's edition of the Egyptian Gazette website by Zahi Hawass about investigations of the "air shafts" in the Great Pyramid - nothing new here, but I have added it in case it is of interest. It is...
- The Great Pyramid Shafts
The shafts that extend from the northern and southern walls of the Queens chamber have been found to have doors with copper bolts inside them. Perhaps behind one of these doors we will find a sarcophagus containing the missing mummy of Khufu's mother...