I spend several hours a day using sophisticsted GIS and 3-D technical graphics and spatial analysis software (some of which I wrote myself) on archaeological and cartographic data, and, for some reason, I find these Latvian graphic representations to be vaguely dissatisfying.
Boy, would I love to have the opportunity to work with these folks' raw data -- to see what computer-aided visualizations I could come up with! I can already visualize this site in 3-D animation; what a CG movie it would make!
Having said all that, I must admit that those early Egyptians were some very clever, imaginative -- and devious -- folk!! Assuming that the Latvians' analyses are accurate, that site is loaded with amazingly innovative design elements!
To put those Egyptians' sophistication in perspective, at the time they were building this complex masterpiece, folks on this continent were still using large stone dart points and atlatls and chasing after big game critters...
Good find! Thanks for posting it!
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Thanks Blam and TXnMA. Finding this "new" (nearly 5000 year old) descending corridor is a major discovery. Now these Latvians need to be put to work on the Giza plateau. ;') |
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http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/dsteppyramid1.htm
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/dsteppyramid4.jpg
Zahi Hawass mentioned in the first sentence! Apparently no one gets access to Egyptian antiquities without agreeing to mention his name in every article.
the 7km long underground galleries system.
Wow.
