Andrew: Well, speaking of Giza, and I always ask you about this, the next step in the exploration of the Queen’s Chamber shafts. I’ve been following up on this over the years. I know last time we spoke about it you were testing a new robot and you had some failed tests. What is the present disposition of this? People are always very interested and constantly ask me about this.

Zahi: I meet now with people from Singapore, and scientists from Manchester University, and also from Hong Kong, and we built a kind of a tunnel in the desert, similar to the one in the Great Pyramid, and they made 3 times experiments. And next month we have the final experiment. After that, we’ll choose the team to continue the work.

Andrew: Do you have any timeframe as to when you will do the next exploration?

Zahi: We will hope that it’s the beginning of next year, maximum.

Originally posted by Hanslune
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Andrew: Well, speaking of Giza, and I always ask you about this, the next step in the exploration of the Queen’s Chamber shafts. I’ve been following up on this over the years. I know last time we spoke about it you were testing a new robot and you had some failed tests. What is the present disposition of this? People are always very interested and constantly ask me about this.

Zahi: I meet now with people from Singapore, and scientists from Manchester University, and also from Hong Kong, and we built a kind of a tunnel in the desert, similar to the one in the Great Pyramid, and they made 3 times experiments. And next month we have the final experiment. After that, we’ll choose the team to continue the work.

Andrew: Do you have any timeframe as to when you will do the next exploration?

Zahi: We will hope that it’s the beginning of next year, maximum.

[edit on 29/8/08 by Hanslune]

Originally posted by JadePhoenix
reply to post by Hanslune

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Greetings Hanslune

Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities is not going to allow any information out into the public that would certainly damage the views and reputation of ancient Egypt. Dr. Hawass is going to more then likely have a special team go into the chamber or whatever is on the other side the door first. Then after they are finished Dr. Hawass will have film crews come in to film the event. Don’t get me wrong Dr. Hawass is a credit to Egyptology, he is also part of the establishment.

Originally posted by Hanslune
So as noted above EMM explain how they would have "gotten rid" of stuff in that area?

I have been thinking on this myself, and by now I'm sure you remember my views having discussed them a few times. Now I'm sure you know, between 2003-2005, the pyramids were closed for restoration, not all at once, but rotating, one restored at a time, while other two were open. I'm looking for pictures or accounts of people who were there at the time, to find out how much of the pyramids were 'sectioned off' but I'd say that this may have been a 'good time' to get anything they may had found out.

Some people believe that incredible finds aren't necesarily in the pyramids, I was recently reading a post of Scott Creighton, in which he includes pictures showing Hawass' wall. I originally thought Hawass' wall was to keep people from seeing into the 'Giza complex' IF anything were to be found, but I now see it as just as likely that it is used to keep people from wandering off anywhere.

Shows the 'apex' point, a fair distance from the Giza complex.

This shows that the apex point is 'walled off' from the Giza complex, I could speculate a secret dig, but I'm not sure how far off the 'point' is from this image, could be very close, could be miles off.

Even from the West, the area is fenced off from the road, this isn't even part of the complex, nothing of interest is apparenty here, from my understanding anyway.

...and I think this one is from the north end of this road, really don't want people even coming to the perimeter of the complex, this is around a...700m square area? give or take, between the road and Hawass' wall fenced off? Why?

Discredit who?