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Archaeologists Found an 'Anomaly' Near the Pyramids – May Reveal Ancient Portal
- Animats 2y agoBetter ground-penetrating radar is an under-developed area. Existing systems have terrible resolution. Multiple receivers, or synthetic aperture radar, might help.
- simonh 2y agoFrankly, I'm still somewhat boggled by the fact that we have ground penetrating radar at all.
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- rcarmo 2y agoI don’t want to jinx it, but I was just watching Stargate SG-1…
- neilv 2y agoYeah, I suspect that someone familiar with the Stargate franchise couldn't have written that headline without being aware they were tickling those associations.
- PorterBHall 2y agoAncient portal here means doorway to a deeper, unexplored structure. Saved you a click.
- sambeau 2y agoThey knew what they were doing. It would be funny if it wasn't so common.
- burningChrome 2y agoJudging by the other comments, it would appear many people took the bait without even reading the article.
- batch12 2y agoThen they didn't take the bait, right?
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- bcherny 2y agoI am confused where the word “portal” comes from. Researchers used ground-penetrating radar to find a potential structure underground. What does that have to do with a portal?
- dumbo-octopus 2y ago"Portal" === "Door". If there's a structure somewhere, it probably has a door. If it's an ancient structure, it probably has an ancient door.
- ActionHank 2y agoYes, but door to which dimension and are the aliens who built the pyramids still there? /s Pretty clickbaity headline
- ambyra 2y agoLol popular science explains: “by ancient alien technology portal, we meant the technology is alien to us (modern Americans), and the portal is possibly to another adjacent room”. Obv the confusion is unfounded.
- alsetmusic 2y agoIt’s a clickbaity headline. On purpose.
- riffic 2y agofirst thing coming to mind for me is elf power's step through the portal which is a jam https://orangetwinrecords.bandcamp.com/track/step-through-the-portal https://orangetwinrecords.bandcamp.com/track/step-through-th...
- BitwiseFool 2y agoI honestly thought someone posted an old April Fool's article and this was a cheeky reference to the movie Stargate.
- angst_ridden 2y agoAmazes me that Popular Mechanics used to be a (mildly sensationalist but sort of) decent magazine. Now, it's straight up ancient aliens and after-death experiences.
- greatpostman 2y agoGotta make money somehow
- simonh 2y agoTurns out nonsense is more popular than actual mechanics.
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- a2800276 2y agoAmazes me how people pass judgement without having read the article or considered the meaning of "portal"...
- notfed 2y agoI do and will continue to pass judgement for trashy clickbait titles.
- taberiand 2y agoIt's only clickbait because of the general ignorance of the correct use of portal. If people actually knew and assumed that correct use of the word, instead of just for imaginary things like interdimensional alien technology or whatever, then it wouldn't be clickbait at all (though I'd still click, it's about ancient Egypt after all, and that's a fascinating subject)
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 2y agoThey could have made the title more click-baity by saying: “Anomaly detected in the quantum fields near the pyramids…” After all, radar is a quantum phenomenon at its hear, right?
- whimsicalism 2y agoin the sense that everything in the world is, yes. but radar is a classical technique
- floam 2y ago7th chevron encoded and locked.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoDang. I was hoping for a Stargate.
- cheaprentalyeti 2y agoYeah, we could vote Apophis 2024.
- whimsicalism 2y agoUnbelievably clickbait headline, shame on your Popular Mechanics. I remember when you were decent.
- crmd 2y agoMy grandfather had years worth of Popular Mechanics magazines from the 1960s and 70s at his house that I used to read as a kid. Typical cover stories were how to build a tool shed, how to design and install a septic tank, how to dig a well, how to install an in-ground swimming pool, how to change the fluids in your car, and how to administer first aid. This ancient aliens style content is a joke. I don't understand why PM ceded their how-to brand to random YouTube creators.
- riffic 2y agocapitalism basically.
- whimsicalism 2y agomore specifically - people are unwilling to pay for high quality media
- pwg 2y agoDoes PM still print and mail a paper magazine, or have they gone "web-only"? If "web-only" then the fact that "ancient aliens" would gather by far more internet clicks than "how to dig a well" would explain why they have gone in this direction. They are following the advertising dollar where it leads, and 'more clicks' means more advertising dollars, so their incentive is to put out stories that gather more clicks.
- fleischhauf 2y agothey could have a well building (pun intended) YouTube channel too tho.
- a2800276 2y agoThe article is not referring to an "alien conspiracy time travel portal" but to an entrance.
- nomel 2y agoThey used electrical resistivity tomography to find something L shaped in the ground that is probably "a mixture of sand and gravel", that "may have been an entrance to the deeper structure". It's ancient, but wtf does this have to do with aliens? ER tomography is super neat science! edit: The issue appears to be the use of the word "portal" to describe an entrance. I'm not seeing the issue, but maybe because I'm an English speaker. Here's the definition: Portal: a doorway, gate, or other entrance, especially a large and imposing one.
- gigel82 2y agoWe need Jack O'Neill for this one.
- mcguire 2y agoThe actual paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/arp.1940 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/arp.1940 Seems like I recall reading about Egyptian tombs with a rock-cut outer chamber and a shaft leading to a lower burial chamber. Hypothesis: It's a tomb. In a cemetery. Unrelated to the pyramids which are nearby.
- senderista 2y agoArticle OK, headline...not