I'll have to do a bit of digging but there is some thing nagging me about this tunnel discovery.

It seems familiar but i cannot place it right now.

I'll be back!

I want to know why they leave it till 2008 to start digging deeper into some of the more mysterious places on earth. Sounds fishy. Stonehenge was only recently explored into as well, apparently that had some interesting discoveries.

I can't wait to hear more about this! this is fascinating, One could only imagine what they'll find maybe King Tuts DVD collection
Just kidding I'll keep an eye on this one.

Originally posted by SLAYER69
I can't wait to hear more about this! this is fascinating, One could only imagine what they'll find maybe King Tuts DVD collection
Just kidding I'll keep an eye on this one.

Zahi Hawass will tell you whats hidden under the nile... in his new 12 book box set that comes complete inside of a hallowed out mummified cat carcass that was buried with a real pharaoh!**




**what constitutes a "real" pharaoh to Dr. Hawass, may include but is not limited to: royal fan waver, royal concubine, royal food taster, royal grape feeder, or another cat.

Yeah and what if he finds something that goes completely against his narrow minded view? Like we will hear anything then! Chances are they'll find something keep it to themselves and only release what they think is appropriate
for the public to know.

They should let more qualified people work with them that way nothing is hoarded from human history and that's what we are really talking about Human history they have no right deciding for the rest of the world what is to be known!


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Well it's not just this Egypt thing this kinda stuff goes on all the time!
Even here in the states look at Washington the Smithsonian has tons of stuff squirreled away that the public never gets to see

I fear with this new discovery in Egypt we will find a lot of what we don't know about Egypt but NO! Zahi Hawass and his gang of History thieves will hide it all away just like in Smithsonian in Washington

Originally posted by 1-Cent
Him and his team of locals are the only significant group allowed to search the ruins.

Actually, the professors here at Southern Methodist University have done a lot of work on the Giza plateau. There's a number of other universities that are allowed firmans there, but they were the ones who got into this early on and have seniority. Since it's such a high profile place, there's a waiting list to be allowed to dig in the area (otherwise the place would be carpeted with researchers and you couldn't get folks in there or out of there.

As for the "hidden" stuff in the Smithsonian, they rotate it on a regular basis. You can also get permission to look at material in any museum's collection. It isn't hard. I've gone back to see some dinosaur stuff in the Albuquerque museum... great fun if you like that kind of thing.

In regards to Zahi Hawass,

There is a good thread on here, with some evidence, which totally contradicts your opinions.

Back on track,

It seems there will be a lot more underwater exploring done in the future. There should be plenty of new discoveries to be examined by many.

I feel somewhat excited about the news, the possibility of hidden entrances or possibly lost tombs has a nice suspenseful ring to it.

I personally don't care if Hawass milks for everything its worth, as long as they provide detailed findings when its completed.

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My fear concerning Hawass is that he'll report the findings with his own interpretation. I can't count the amount of shows I watch where he makes himself out to be the ONLY true expert egyptologist, even going as ffar as to call anyone else a crackpot (or whatever word he used). I don't remember if it was TV, or news article, but I remember Hawass stating blatantly that he turned away certain archeologist groups because of their 'fringe' beliefs, saying something to the effect that he feared they would intentionally misinterpret their findings and misinform the world. Hiding something, or afraid that your views may be challenged? Either way, it's not a good thing, in my opinion.

I wish they would make a website with compilations of their findings, photos, etc. for the public to view. I understand that alot of this material would bew misconstrued, but the fact is that there are alot of us that are interested in this stuff. I would LOVE to be able to see the most recent photos and such as they come out, rather than waiting for someone else's interpretation. How do we know they didn't find something that they just threw out because it didn't fit with their 'theory'?

I'm guessing they will find more of these entrances... just a feeling. I always had a suspicion that there are a series of underground tunnels... a whole underground city, if you will. Someone posted earlier that this seemed familiar, and I'm saying the same thing. This particular tunnel (just my gut feeling) ends about 100 feet in because of being blocked on purpose. Just a gut feeling. I'm gonna bet they find 5 more of these, and every one is going to end and not seem to go anywhere. Again, just a gut feeling, maybe from a dream I don't remember, who knows.

Ah guys

They found the entryway into a temple. It isn't an entryway into a tunnel its an entryway into a temple. The entryway once led to the temple of the ram-headed fertility god Khnum.

Archaeologists have discovered a portico, or covered entryway, of an ancient Egyptian fertility temple beneath the surface of the Nile River in Egypt.

The massive portico is too large to be removed during the current excavation, but archaeologists removed a one-ton stone with inscriptions that could date from the 22nd dynasty (945-712 B.C.) to 26th dynasty (664-525 B.C.).

Zahi is an Egyptian nationalists and tries to do as much of the science with locals. The foreigners had full control for hundreds of years prior. They are still allowed in and as Byrd noted there is a waiting list.

Hall of records? If you check you'll find that several expeditions have examined the areas, holes have been drilled, cameras put down etc.

No hall of records - unless it was teleported down thru the limestone the Sphinx sits on.

Is Zahi kinda of egotistical? Yep, met him in '83, he was that way then too!