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In Search of the Truth about KV64

http://dr.hawass.com/

Zahi Hawass has a new website. There are various articles which may be of interest, both recent and archival, but the above is probably one of the most interesting. Here's an extract:

My excavations have also allowed us to pinpoint the location of buried electrical wires in the central valley, in the same area where Reeves’s radar survey showed “Feature 5.” According to the experts from the Dash Foundation, these electrical wires could have produced the anomaly that Reeves has interpreted as a possible KV64. What we have learned from comparing the results of our work with Reeves’s interpretation of his 2000 radar data is that radar can only hint at what lies below the ground. In order to discover the truth, we must use archaeological methods to investigate each site layer by layer. The recent radar survey that my team and the Dash Foundation have conducted used a 200 MHz radar. Although our preliminary results only illuminate the upper levels of the valley, with a radar of this strength, we can refine our results digitally and see much deeper than Reeves’s 2000 study was able to. Perhaps we will soon spot the real KV64 deep below the paths where tourists walk today. Only archaeology will tell.

See the above page for more. The website has been designed so that all articles must be navigated to from the above URL. You cannot navigate directly to the story. At the time of writing the story is very prominent on the above page. In the future you will probably need to find it in the archives.

- Kv64 Update
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- Response From Hawass To "kv64"
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- Artp Website Updated
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- Back To The Valley Of Kings
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- Amarna Royal Tombs Project
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