Posted on 09/16/2002 7:43:07 PM PDT by vannrox
BREAKING....
Fox and National Geographic has just televised video pictures of the newly discovered chamber in the Great Pyramid. A team of scientists from Boston designed the robot that drilled the hole in the door, and the other robot that placed the camera inside the hole to peer behind the door.
What will be behind Gantenbrink's door? - Christopher Dunn |
The Discovery: Explorations within the Great Pyramid have revealed, for the first time in modern history, the contents and features of the enigmatic Southern Shaft in the Queen's Chamber. What other discoveries will be found when the Egyptian government penetrates further into the Great Pyramid's ancient confines? The Queen's Chamber Southern Shaft was first discovered in 1872 when Waynman Dixon detected a crack in the wall and was able to push a rod through the crack for some distance without meeting any resistance. This discovery prompted him to have Bill Grundy chisel through the limestone to discover what lay behind. A full account of this exploration and its implications is contained in The Giza Power Plant. In 1993, there was a flurry of excitement around the world when information was released about a remarkable discovery inside the Great Pyramid. German robotics engineer, Rudolph Gantenbrink, who had been contracted to install ventilation fans inside the pyramid, received permission to design a robot to explore the shafts inside the Queen's Chamber. Unlike the shafts leading from the King's Chamber, these approximately eight-inch square shafts had no known exit point on the outside of the pyramid. A complete and thorough account of these explorations can be found at Gantenbrink's own website at http://www.cheops.org The robot, named Upuaut II (meaning opener of the ways) was equipped with lights, camera and laser pointer, and has received more fame and recognition that any other similarly equipped explorer on the subject. What the robot revealed to the world was a termination point high in the body of the pyramid. The shaft came to a dead end and barring the way was a solid limestone block through which two mysterious copper fittings protrude. |
| The Question: The official orthodox opinion on the purpose of these shafts is that they had a cultic or symbolic purpose. With the proliferation of alternative views on the purpose of the Great Pyramid, it is understandable that there is a degree of trepidation and no real urgency to look behind Gantenbrink's so-called "door" because what could be found may further weaken orthodox views of prehistory. |
The Method: The standard I set for myself when researching the Great Pyramid was that every single feature found within the Great Pyramid had to have a logical reason. Engineered features, especially, I contended, were intrinsic to the original purpose for the building. Every single design characteristic must be explained and lead to a logical conclusion. In other words, the reasons for every minute detail must strengthen and support the proposed function for the entire building. This means that, putting my money where my mouth is, for the theory proposed in The Giza Power Plant to have validity, whatever is discovered behind Gantenbrink's "door" must be reconcilable within the context of the pyramid being a power plant. If a room full of mummies or funerary trappings is found behind the door, then what I have proposed in my book is severely weakened and may be null and void. On the Egyptologists' side of the fence, based on the standards they have established for the explanation of evidence with the pyramids, whatever is found behind Gantenbrink's door can be explained away by invoking mysterious occult symbolism.
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The Prediction: It has been seven years since Gantenbrink made his discovery. He is quite clear that he could have continued his explorations, and we would have had knowledge of what is behind this door a long time ago. With the time dragging on, I couldn't wait for this information to be forthcoming and published The Giza Power Plant with a prediction of what will be found. This prediction is based on what is found elsewhere in the Great Pyramid and is an engineering analysis of the function of the pyramid as a machine. Egyptologist, Zahi Hawass, has indicated that the "door" will be penetrated and what is discovered revealed to the world. There have been several dates discussed, including the summer of 2000. As we are quickly approaching the time during which there may be additional discoveries, I am taking this opportunity to bring to the fore the predictions in The Giza Power Plant, and publish for the first time some modifications based on my observations while in Egypt in May 1999. As I am writing this, Amargi Hillier, (www.projectduat.com) who is ensconced in a flat in Giza, is, by my request, taking photographs of some large vertical shafts on the east and south side of the Great Pyramid. I did not photograph these shafts in 1999, as their true significance did not immediately strike me. Links to the photographs together with descriptions of them by Amargi can be found at the end of this article. |
In the Giza Power Plant, I made the prediction that behind Gantenbrink's door would be found a vertical shaft that transcended to a bedrock chamber beneath the Great Pyramid. The bedrock chamber, I proposed, would house the mechanism necessary to pump chemicals to the Queen's Chamber shafts to sustain the production of hydrogen for the power plant. I am modifying this original prediction with the following graphic:
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Within the context of the powerplant hypothesis, the vertical bedrock shafts located on the outside of the Great Pyramid will connect with the Queen's Chamber shafts. Therefore, I predict that when Gantenbrink's "door" is penetrated, features will be found to support this hypothesis, Both Queen's Chamber shafts will have shafts, of unknown size or geometry, that join with bedrock shafts that eventually lead to the shafts on the outside of the Great Pyramid.
Chris Dunn February 2000 |
| Photographs and descriptions of the shafts next to the Great Pyramid coutesy of Amargi Hillier |
| The photos were taken on February 13, 2000 - 1:30pm. The shaft area is located approx 15 meters from the center area of the east side of the Great Pyramid. There is a one meter iron fence surrounding the top of the shaft on all four sides. This fence is elevated on a stone ledging approx 12 inches high. To look over the fence and down into the shaft, you need to step up on the concrete ledge. Or you can peer through the bars of the fence. The shaft is actually two shafts, or has two halfs, divided by a center rough 'wall' which does not reach to the top of the shaft. The center wall runs east/west. This can be clearly seen in photo "shaft1.jpg". The shaft is approx 5 meters deep at current depth. Wind-blown sand covers the remainder depth. Wind also blows in debris and trash, which is removed from the area frequently. The glass soda bottle on the center wall can give a visual reference of the approx size of the shaft and within. The photo briefs are as follows: Facing east:
Under the iron fencing on the east side of the shaft is a small
Facing south:
In the north/west corner of the shaft is what looks to be stone steps or stairs.... Facing west:
This photo gives you a better view of the steps. You are looking Interesting groove marks, niches, criss-cross patterns and other things can be viewed in the walls and stone of this shaft. Amargi Hillier Our Thanks to Amargi for taking these photos at such short notice, even a powercut did not stop him! |
© Copyright 2000 Christopher Dunn |
More likely, he's looking for a date.
If I recall, he does have a thing for mummies.
Last Updated on the 26th August 200226th August 2002 New report on the Great Pyramid Ventilation System added to the Gantenbrink page. 8th August 2002 Details of "Gantenbrink's Door" opening date and method to be used added to the Gantenbrink page. 4th August 2002 More Great Pyramid ventilation system reports added to the Gantenbrink page. 23rd June 2002 Not much to report on the "Gantenbrink's Door" saga other than to say that according to a producer for National Geographic television, "something should happen" in September 2002 1st May 2002 Just to let you know that the next update on the exploration of the Queens Chamber southern airshaft has been put back to early May due to work commitments. 17th April 2002 Not so much an update, more a question of letting you know that the site is still alive and to report the latest information known to The Towers on the projected exploration of the Queens Chamber southern airshaft. Last October, while attending a conference in London, Doctor Hawass stated that testing of the new NASA robot was to commence in March 2002. Nothing happened, or at least, The Towers is not aware of anything having happened. As mentioned elsewhere, we hope to have an update on the situation before the month is out. 9th December 2001 One of the most frequent questions received by Towers Online is "what's happening with Gantenbrink's door?" To answer this question, a new section has been added to the Gantenbrink page. It lists the various projects that were supposed to provide the answer (but didn't) and reports what Dr. Hawass had to say on the matter when in London on the 20th-21st October, 2001. Minor revisions have been made to the rest of the page. 30th June 2001: A new section has been added to "The Shaft, The Subway & The Causeway". This section discusses whether the "secret chambers" described by H Spencer Lewis in the appendix to his book "The Symbolic Prophecy of the Great Pyramid" (first published in 1936) actually exist. Lewis used the work of the eminent Egyptian archaeologist Selim Hassan to suggest that not only was it highly likely that a network of secret passageways and chambers exist under the Giza plateau, but that evidence of such chambers had been found by Dr. Hassan during his sixth season of work (1934/35) at Giza. In chapter 7 of his book, Lewis reproduces drawings showing how the pyramids and the Sphinx are connected with underground passageways that also lead to "long forgotten reception halls, small temples and other enclosures" (16th edition, second printing 1988, p181). In discussing Hassan's report on p190, Lewis states that the facts it contains "...verify in part at least the things indicated on the two diagrams shown in this book and undoubtedly the passing of time will verify other parts of these diagrams." The new section reveals what I believe to be the actual location of the chambers discussed by Lewis. My theory is supported with plans, diagrams, colour illustrations and descriptions reproduced from Hassan's work. Full references are provided. Please post your comments (whether on content or on difficulties using the site) to the site BBS or send an email to nigelss@towers-online.co.uk. 3rd April 2001: A series of long-overdue technical (rather than content) updates have finally been completed. The Bulletin Board System (BBS) link has been implemented across the site so there's no excuse for not trying it out. If only someone would... Those interested in the Great Pyramid might like to take a look at the short note added to the end of Gantenbrink Updates, but don't get too excited - it is not connected with the exploration of the so-called airshafts. 18th March 2001: The writer's eye surgery has been successfully completed. Normal service should be resumed shortly. Don't be shy about posting to the BBS (see below). It's looking rather empty at the moment! 11th February 2001: The Towers On-line Bulletin Board System (BBS) is up and running. Please use the threads to comment on the site and related topics. Links to the BBS will be added across the site in the near future. For the time being, please bookmark the BBS page for instant access. 3rd February 2001: The site has been given a "new look" for the New Year - late as usual - and should get updated more often than was the case in 2000 due to the writer having loads of eye surgery. There's still one more minor operation to go in early March 2001 after which normal service will be resumed, including more about the "Tomb of Osiris" at Giza. Previous Updates9th June 2000: Page 4 of The Shaft, The Subway & The Causeway, previously only available on restricted access, has been completely rewritten and added to the main site. This page deals with diagrams reproduced by H. Spencer Lewis, past Imperator of the Rosicrucian Order showing the alleged underground layout of the Giza plateau and their uncanny similarity to the diagrams reproduced by H. C. Randall-Stevens. The diagrams themselves have already appeared on the web and in recent books This page presents a whole new angle that has not previously been published to my knowledge. 9th June 2000: Page 7 of The Shaft, The Subway & The Causeway is a new page that will contain reports on lectures and broadcasts about the so-called "Tomb Of Osiris". To start the ball rolling, The Towers On-Line presents a full account of the location as given by Doctor Zahi Hawass at the University of Pennsylvania on the 11th April 1999. 14th July 1999: This item, taken from the Illustrated London News edition of the 6th April 1935, features two breathtaking photographs of the causeway linking the Valley Temple to the Second Pyramid. The pictures were taken soon after Doctor Selim Hassan completed the clearance of the causeway during his sixth season of work at Gizeh. Don't forget to click on the small pictures in the newspaper page to see the full-size versions. Illustrated News From Gizeh - A Causeway To The Second Pyramid 8th May 1999: On the 2nd March 1999, the FOX Television Network broadcast a programme entitled 'Opening The Lost Tombs: Live From Egypt.' The programme included a section on the shafts and chambers featured on this site under the heading 'The Shaft, The Subway And The Causeway'. Unfortunately, it was not broadcast here in the United Kingdom, nor in many other countries of the world. A full write-up of this part of the programme is now available. Ongoing technical problems have prevented the upload of pictures to accompany the item at this time. |
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