Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref)
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Em Hotep! (Keith Payne) Another terrific article from Keith, stuffed full of photos and diagrams. Don't miss it! The Djedi Project is not just the new mission to explore the pyramid shafts—it truly is the next generation in robotic archaeology. ...
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- Robot To Explore Great Pyramid
The Independent (Andrew Johnson) For 4,500 years, the Great Pyramid at Giza has enthralled, fascinated and ultimately frustrated everyone who has attempted to penetrate its secrets. Now a robotics team from Leeds University, working with Egypt's Supreme...
- New Probe Of Mystery Pyramid Shafts
http://tinyurl.com/877ua "Egypt will send a robot up narrow shafts in the Great Pyramid to try to solve one of the mysteries of the 4,500-year-old pharaonic mausoleum, Egypt's top archaeologist said on Monday. Zahi Hawass told Reuters he would this...
- Unseen Markings In Great Pyramid
A robot travelling up the so called air shaft of the great pyramid has found red builders markings behind a door with metal pins in it in the shaft. The robot was built by engineer Rob Richardson from the University of Leeds as part of the Djedi project...
Egypt
Update on research at the Great Pyramid
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref)
Nevine El-Aref has been looking at the progress made by Djedi, a joint international-Egyptian team so named after the magician whom King Khufu consulted when he planned the layout of his pyramid.
Djedi recently began making a study of the world's most famous monument in an attempt to uncover some of its mysteries.
Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), told Al-Ahram Weekly that the purpose of the project was to send a robotic tunnel explorer inside the two air shafts of the Great Pyramid in an attempt to gather evidence to determine the original purpose of the shafts.
Hawass continued that he selected the Djedi team by means of a competition to find the best possible robot to explore the shafts. The team is sponsored by Leeds University in the United Kingdom and supported by Dassault Systems in France, in addition to independent researchers in space robotics.
- The Djedi Project - The Next Generation In Robotic Archaeology
Em Hotep! (Keith Payne) Another terrific article from Keith, stuffed full of photos and diagrams. Don't miss it! The Djedi Project is not just the new mission to explore the pyramid shafts—it truly is the next generation in robotic archaeology. ...
- Explore Tunnels Inside Great Pyramid Of Giza In 3d Tour
New Scientist New Scientist was first to reveal some exciting findings from an innovative robotic exploration of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. A robot built at Leeds University in the UK, called Djedi, explored a mysterious tunnel thought to lead...
- Robot To Explore Great Pyramid
The Independent (Andrew Johnson) For 4,500 years, the Great Pyramid at Giza has enthralled, fascinated and ultimately frustrated everyone who has attempted to penetrate its secrets. Now a robotics team from Leeds University, working with Egypt's Supreme...
- New Probe Of Mystery Pyramid Shafts
http://tinyurl.com/877ua "Egypt will send a robot up narrow shafts in the Great Pyramid to try to solve one of the mysteries of the 4,500-year-old pharaonic mausoleum, Egypt's top archaeologist said on Monday. Zahi Hawass told Reuters he would this...
- Unseen Markings In Great Pyramid
A robot travelling up the so called air shaft of the great pyramid has found red builders markings behind a door with metal pins in it in the shaft. The robot was built by engineer Rob Richardson from the University of Leeds as part of the Djedi project...