Egypt
- In The Lab: Laser Scanning The Sphinx
drhawass.com Video. The Sphinx has always been an object of fascination for people for thousands of years. Today, new technology allows us to study it in more detail than ever. We recently cooperated with a team from the Mubarak Scientific City using...
- Scientists Seek Answers From Ancient Visitors
whyy.org (Script and audio). A relic preserved by state-of-the-art science almost 22 centuries ago is undergoing analysis by modern technology. And that analysis must confront not only the ravages of time, but also the damage done by “state-of-the-art”...
- Soaring High Across The Pyramids
Egypt Daily Star News (Sarah Marquer) On a clear and sunny Friday afternoon overlooking the city’s wonderfully hazy skyline, over 250 Japanese and Egyptian families, students, and government representatives gathered amidst the usual flurry of tourists...
- Scarcophagi Found Near Giza Pyramids
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1671476.htm "The head of Egypt's Supreme Council for Antiquities says Egyptian archaeologists have found two ancient sarcophagi close to the pyramids. Council chief Zahi Hawass says the sarcophagi are about...
- Chephren Pyramid Open For Visitors Saturday
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html11/o311224g.htm "Culture Minister Farouk Hosni will re-open the Pyramid of King Chephren in Giza as of Saturday after the completion of restoration works. In statements, Hosni said the third Pyramid of Mycerinus will...
Egypt
Pyramid pioneers were spot on
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200607/s1699645.htm
"Archaeologists who measured the Egyptian pyramids at Giza more than 100 years ago were surprisingly accurate, a review of historical surveys has shown. The paper, posted online by the Queensland University of Technology, reviews the major surveying projects of the pyramids Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus, built around 2600 BC, south of what is now the city of Cairo.
'They weren't that far out; their surveys were quite diligent and systematic and we're getting fairly good agreement using modern technology,' said the paper's co-author Robert Webb, a lecturer in surveying in the school of urban development. But Mr Webb says laser scanning, computer modelling and other modern technology has not brought us any closer to answering one of the most intriguing questions about the pyramids. This is whether their position and measurements deliberately reflect the alignment of the planets and stars."
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'They weren't that far out; their surveys were quite diligent and systematic and we're getting fairly good agreement using modern technology,' said the paper's co-author Robert Webb, a lecturer in surveying in the school of urban development. But Mr Webb says laser scanning, computer modelling and other modern technology has not brought us any closer to answering one of the most intriguing questions about the pyramids. This is whether their position and measurements deliberately reflect the alignment of the planets and stars."
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- In The Lab: Laser Scanning The Sphinx
drhawass.com Video. The Sphinx has always been an object of fascination for people for thousands of years. Today, new technology allows us to study it in more detail than ever. We recently cooperated with a team from the Mubarak Scientific City using...
- Scientists Seek Answers From Ancient Visitors
whyy.org (Script and audio). A relic preserved by state-of-the-art science almost 22 centuries ago is undergoing analysis by modern technology. And that analysis must confront not only the ravages of time, but also the damage done by “state-of-the-art”...
- Soaring High Across The Pyramids
Egypt Daily Star News (Sarah Marquer) On a clear and sunny Friday afternoon overlooking the city’s wonderfully hazy skyline, over 250 Japanese and Egyptian families, students, and government representatives gathered amidst the usual flurry of tourists...
- Scarcophagi Found Near Giza Pyramids
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200606/s1671476.htm "The head of Egypt's Supreme Council for Antiquities says Egyptian archaeologists have found two ancient sarcophagi close to the pyramids. Council chief Zahi Hawass says the sarcophagi are about...
- Chephren Pyramid Open For Visitors Saturday
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html11/o311224g.htm "Culture Minister Farouk Hosni will re-open the Pyramid of King Chephren in Giza as of Saturday after the completion of restoration works. In statements, Hosni said the third Pyramid of Mycerinus will...