A radar scan of the West wall of King Tut's tomb. Egypt's antiquities ministry suggested this was evidence of possible hidden chambers. Credit: Image courtesy of Egypt Ministry of Antiquities
Posted on 03/30/2016 11:51:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Radar experts are casting doubt on claims that King Tutankhamun's tomb contains hidden, undiscovered chambers — and they're calling for more data to be released.
At a March 17 newsconference, officials at Egypt's antiquities ministry released radar data that they said showed the presence of hidden cavities inside the tomb of King Tut. The scans, carried out by Japanese radar technologist Hirokatsu Watanabe, "suggest the presence of two empty spaces or cavities beyond the decorated North and West walls of the burial chamber," they said in a statement. The scans also suggest the "presence of metallic and organic substances," and show what could be door lintels that indicate the presence of doorways, they said...
"It does not appear that these GPR [ground-penetrating radar] data have been processed, or that any of the so-called anomalies are visible in the raw data that are provided," said Lawrence Conyers, a professor of anthropology at the University of Denver. Conyers literally wrote the book (now in its third edition) on the use of ground-penetrating radar in archaeology...
Michele Pipan, a geosciences professor at the University of Trieste in Italy, said the radar images released by the antiquities ministry show "many interesting features" but that the absence of vertical or horizontal scales on the images makes it difficult to determine how many feet behind the wall they are located.
"I may only say that cavities and metals may fall within the reasonable detection range of a survey like that, but I obviously know nothing about the kind of inversion/interpretation procedure adopted by Watanabe," Pipan said, noting that more information on radar velocity is also needed.
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A radar scan of the West wall of King Tut's tomb. Egypt's antiquities ministry suggested this was evidence of possible hidden chambers. Credit: Image courtesy of Egypt Ministry of Antiquities
I hear that a Gruppenfuhrer with a scar on his palm is looking into it.
Hard to see what’s going on here but I’m assuming some sort of downrange vs. cross range plot at best. The troubling part is the multiple repeats at the same cross range vs different down ranges. This is common on multiple trip returns and also aliases.
Some very serious radar signal processing would do a world of wonders for this.
Those chambers don’t show up because they’re packed tight with grain.
He’ll probably beat them inside there, but will wind up just a puddle of melted wax. **** those stormtroopers!
Rye oh rye don’t they just pry them open? Rye do they make us wheat?
I’ll laugh if the naysayers quoted in the article get pantsed, which is what seems likely.
I honestly don’t know about the naysayer stuff. I only know radar. And what I see from this is clearly not enough information and some serious lack of knowledge or interpretation about it. All I’m saying is that this endeavor could benefit from some expertise from engineers very adept with radar signal processing.
You have a wry sense of humor!
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I think I see Nessie.
In the Bermuda Triangle? Not likely.
Nessie migrates south during winter.
This is painful.
Bet they haven’t even read the instruction manual.
*Howard Carter to the white courtesy phone......*
It’s the secret burial chamber of the Loch Ness Monster and the Abominable Snowman.
A cross-species cryptozoological shack-up?
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Now why in the world would I associate death and burial with romance?
:’) When I look at it, I get the same impression that I’ve always had from proud expectant parents’ ultrasound pics of their impending baby. ;’)
An opening for a pun is like saying "kamut, kamut, wherever you are."
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