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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It’s really just a photo of some rich Egyptian’s swimming pool.
A bunch of duck mummies were found during the excavation of the Serquackium.
:D
*Oh, Dash it.*
*Best send a Telegram, should get there by return of post, What?*
Oh Bother what an inconvenience...
*I’ll put a hole in the wall myself. *
*I’ll need 5 pounds of C4, The bottom of a wine bottle and two large copper coins. *
*When you see me run, do try to keep up.*
“Those chambers don’t show up because they’re packed tight with grain.”
That would be a hoot!
TTYL...I've got laundry to do
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