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I have been hearing about this chamber for years? Do we not have the technology to drill a small hole to it and stick some kind of endoscope like robot in?

snypher 4y ago
The article states it has been imaged by endoscope/borescope. Here's another source; https://www.newscientist.com/article/2362300-hidden-corridor-in-egypts-great-pyramid-mapped-with-cosmic-rays/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2362300-hidden-corridor...
bhaak 4y ago
I'm not sure it's the same chamber. It's certainly not any of the spaces that the Upuaut bots explored. You also seriously underestimate the political landscape about the archaeology of the Pyramids. As the article states, this space was discovered in 2016 and it took them until now to drill a small hole in it and explore it. Certainly not because of not having the technology back then.
- detourdog 4y ago
  It's a smaller chamber under the chevrons in the sort of gaping hole one can see about a quarter way up. Not a larger void that is also imaged by muons.
- mariuolo 4y ago
  > You also seriously underestimate the political landscape about the archaeology of the Pyramids. Are you perhaps referring to the famous Zahi Hawass? I read that he claimed the 2016 study "did not discover anything new" but now that he's in charge of it, he predicts that treasures might be found.
- Nextgrid 4y ago
  Did they actually drill? I skim-read multiple sources about this and it isn't clear whether they drilled or whether there was an existing gap in between the chevron blocks to insert a borescope. If it's the former then it makes sense to make 100% sure before drilling into a one-of-a-kind historical artifact, but if it's the latter, why so much effort instead of just trying the borescope approach to begin with at the earliest suspicion of a void?

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I have been hearing about this chamber for years? Do we not have the technology to drill a small hole to it and stick some kind of endoscope like robot in?

by vanattab 4y ago

snypher 4y ago
The article states it has been imaged by endoscope/borescope. Here's another source; https://www.newscientist.com/article/2362300-hidden-corridor-in-egypts-great-pyramid-mapped-with-cosmic-rays/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2362300-hidden-corridor...
bhaak 4y ago
I'm not sure it's the same chamber. It's certainly not any of the spaces that the Upuaut bots explored. You also seriously underestimate the political landscape about the archaeology of the Pyramids. As the article states, this space was discovered in 2016 and it took them until now to drill a small hole in it and explore it. Certainly not because of not having the technology back then.
- detourdog 4y ago
  It's a smaller chamber under the chevrons in the sort of gaping hole one can see about a quarter way up. Not a larger void that is also imaged by muons.
- mariuolo 4y ago
  > You also seriously underestimate the political landscape about the archaeology of the Pyramids. Are you perhaps referring to the famous Zahi Hawass? I read that he claimed the 2016 study "did not discover anything new" but now that he's in charge of it, he predicts that treasures might be found.
- Nextgrid 4y ago
  Did they actually drill? I skim-read multiple sources about this and it isn't clear whether they drilled or whether there was an existing gap in between the chevron blocks to insert a borescope. If it's the former then it makes sense to make 100% sure before drilling into a one-of-a-kind historical artifact, but if it's the latter, why so much effort instead of just trying the borescope approach to begin with at the earliest suspicion of a void?