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New Pyramid Robot

By Gregon

Zahi Hawass has announced that a new robotic expedition will explore the ‘air-shafts’ of the Great Pyramid in February next year:

“The new robot will be sent down very narrow passages in the so-called Queen’s Chamber, where the first robot was sent in 2002,” said Hawass, who heads Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities.

And by ‘first robot’, we know that Dr Hawass means ‘second robot’ (Upuaut being the first). The teams involved in the expedition are said to be from Egypt, Singapore, Britain and Hong Kong. Thanks to Chris Ogilvie-Herald for the heads-up.

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  1. Robot in the Pyramid
    I read with interest the UPUAT project by Gantenbrink. It seems that many theories have been put forward for the shafts, and there original relevance. Some feasible, others not so. The shafts having not been used before nor after the great Pyramid build suggests whatever they were for was not of great significance, or benefit although the actual build was particularly difficult to achieve incorporating the shafts. As the exits of the shafts are to be found at the same height, distance from the ground, surely it has been considered that the “exits” are in fact what would have been “entry” points, and that the slab of limestone that is to be found barring the way of the robot as it navigates upwards was originally on the exterior of a Pyramid, albeit a smaller one. I understand the type of material that the “door” is made of is indeed the same material that the faces of the pyramid were typically finished in. Is there evidence to show that there was a smaller structure there before, and the great Pyramid was built over the top of this, and exended. As to their use, it strikes me that as there are two shafts per chamber, north and south, that would have been adequate for a draught of air, the turns within the passages minimising entry of sand etc. The draught facillitating the use of torches for illumination during construction or other activity within the chambers.

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