this is getting more interesting by the day
Nefartiti anyone ?
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Nefartiti anyone ?
Experts optimistic Tut's tomb may conceal Egypt's lost queen
this is getting more interesting by the day
"There is, in fact, an empty space behind the wall based on radar, which is very accurate, there is no doubt," Japanese radar specialist Hirokatsu Watanabe said, his hand hovering over a fuzzy blue radar scan he said indicated the presence of a false wall. The size of the cavity is not known.Tags: None -
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As tempted as I am to make a joke about grain storage, this is very exciting news.
Tut was buried in one of those caves? There must still be many more to find and explore."Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world." - Bono
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Hopefully it will be something significant, and not a Geraldo Rivera-Al-Capone's-Vault bust.Gerard>
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Modern day grave robbing, you would have thought buried royalty would be treated with a bit more respect rather than being an object being exhumed and put on display.Comment
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"last resting place of the lost Queen Nefertiti"
Looks like its spelled correctly
- Nefertiti, whose name means "a beautiful woman has come," was the queen of Egypt and wife of Pharaoh Akhenatenduring the 14th century B.C. She and her husband established the cult of Aten, the sun god, and promoted Egyptian artwork that was radically different from its predecessors.
oops I see it now ;--)
kinda funny actually. probably ought to just leave it at this point.
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Something I've long pondered: How much time has to pass before a burial place turns from sacred ground to potential archaeological dig site?
There are some revolutionary war era graves in an untended cemetery in my town. Can I go dig them up for archaeological research?I rather be an American than a Republican.Comment
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I think that is a very broad def. Look at Native American grave sites. It depends on the country involved.
Example, when I lived in the UK, my apartment was built in 1619. Locals often teased me that it was relatively new and not really historical in comparison. Here in the US, a home built in 1620 would be a landmark.Comment
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Well, they wouldn't just go knock down walls. I would think they would drill a discrete bore into the hidden chamber, and worm a camera/light through to see what they could see. If it is utterly amazing, then yes, they might do an actual excavation.Gerard>
Albuquerque, NM
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[QUOTE=BrianY;4723941]Something I've long pondered: How much time has to pass before a burial place turns from sacred ground to potential archaeological dig site?
There are some revolutionary war era graves in an untended cemetery in my town. Can I go dig them up for archaeological research?[/QUOTE]
Quite possibly if you have a valid scientific reason.Without freedom of speech, we wouldn't know who the idiots are.Comment
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It's all about MONEY!Interesting perspective.
The prospect of such a discovery is beyond tantalizing, and would be as momentous a find as any here for almost a century, antiquities officials say. It would also come at a time when Egypt’s tourism industry, frozen by years of political unrest and fears of militant attacks, is in urgent need of good news.
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For the noted Egyptologist, Nicholas Reeves, the tests could vindicate his arguments that two of the walls in the tomb of Tutankhamen, also known as King Tut, are likely to mask hidden rooms, and that the tomb itself was in fact an antechamber to a larger burial complex that belonged to Nefertiti, Pharoah Akhenaten’s powerful queen who according to some theories, succeeded him as ruler of Egypt.
Dr. Reeves acknowledges that Egyptian officials, including some of his colleagues in the search, do not share the conviction that Nefertiti is waiting to be found in any undiscovered chambers.
For Egypt, there is much at stake. The government is desperate for the kind of earth-shattering archaeological find that would lure touriComment
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