Egypt
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10349858
"Egypt is preparing to use the latest technology to solve a 4,500-year-old riddle. A robot is to be sent up two narrow shafts in the Great Pyramid in Giza to discover whether a secret burial chamber contains the real tomb of the pharoah Cheops, also known as Khufu. The chief Egyptian archeologist, Zahi Hawass, is to inspect the robot designed by Singapore scientists later this week". See the full article for more.
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- More On Khufu's Burial Chamber
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Egypt
Egypt uses new technology to solve pyramid riddle
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10349858
"Egypt is preparing to use the latest technology to solve a 4,500-year-old riddle. A robot is to be sent up two narrow shafts in the Great Pyramid in Giza to discover whether a secret burial chamber contains the real tomb of the pharoah Cheops, also known as Khufu. The chief Egyptian archeologist, Zahi Hawass, is to inspect the robot designed by Singapore scientists later this week". See the full article for more.
- Insect-sized Robot To Explore Shafts Of Great Pyramid
Reuters A Hong Kong dentist is wielding forceps to help reach for answers inside the last surviving example of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Great Pyramid of Giza. Pulling teeth by day and devising inventions by night, Ng Tze-chuen,...
- 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...
- Cheops Passages To Be Examined By Robot In February
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yflneu (theage.au)"A robot archaeologist is to be sent deep inside Egypt's largest pyramid in a bid to solve secrets revealed by a first foray more than four years ago, antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass said. . . . Teams from...
- Update Re Robot Investigations In The Great Pyramid
http://guardians.net/hawass/articles/news_on_the_robot_Dec_2005.htmZahi Hawass speaking on his website re the next robot venture into the Great Pyramid's so-called air shafts: "I received this week a proposal for collection of the pins and debris...
- More On Khufu's Burial Chamber
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=16740 A good summary of the current state of investigation into the Great Pyramid, focusing on the discovery of copper-handled doors in the so-called ventilation shafts. This...