To: SunkenCiv
The small shafts that go from the king's tomb to the outside are said to be sighting shafts for some kind of astronomical events. However, the shafts are not straight and there is no view to the outside through them.
8 posted on
07/13/2005 10:51:39 PM PDT by
RightWhale
(withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty)
To: RightWhale
Someone went to an awful lot of trouble to seal those shafts. It might be a bad idea to open them (bio or other unknown hazard?) without reexamining the entire structure with new technology (ground penetrating radar, perhaps) first.
9 posted on
07/13/2005 11:52:27 PM PDT by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: RightWhale
"...Great Pyramid may still contain Khufu's intact pharaonic tomb..."
Name me any pyramid that has been shown to have been a tomb. The thought that pyramids are tombs is nothing more than just speculative consideration.
11 posted on
07/14/2005 5:21:08 AM PDT by
vannrox
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