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Monday, August 9, 2010

Robot to enter the Pyramid's Final Secrete Chamber

Egyptologists are hoping some 21st-century tech will help them unlock secrets from 4,500 years ago by using a robot to explore the Final Secrete Chamber at the Great Pyramid of Giza. The robot will traverse two unexplored shafts leading from the Queen's Chamber in the pyramid. The robot will be able to drill through a secret door in the pyramid’s innards to see what lies beyond. The Pyramid of Khufu, after the king who built it around 2,560 BC, is the last remaining wonder of the ancient world. In 1992, researchers sent a camera up the shaft and found it was blocked by a limestone door with copper handles. Ten years later, researchers drilled through the door, hoping to unlock a treasure trove of artifacts - but they found yet another door about 8 inches away. This project called Djedi project will drill through the second door and, researchers hope, follow the shaft to its end. The team hopes to send the robot through the door by the end of the year. Let us see if the Mummy returns :D

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