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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
Egypt
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, 59, said he organized a team working with Egypt's former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass to unlock the mystery surrounding the doors blocking two narrow shafts in the pyramid, which is the tomb of the Pharaoh Cheops, also known as Khufu.
"The Chinese have more experience with chopsticks. And a dentist has more experience in gripping with forceps," said Ng.
"Why Egypt is so interesting, it's because of the hieroglyphics. It's like a detective story. It's all waiting for me to use my grippers."
Inspired by dental forceps -- he has designed 70 of his own to properly grip the tricky crevices of patients' teeth -- Ng said his team will mount tiny grippers on an insect-sized robot expected to gently trek the winding shafts of the pyramid without causing damage to the walls.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...