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Herodotus (ca. 484-430 BC), Excerpt from Histories, Book II, 148
This I have actually seen, a work beyond words. For if anyone put together the buildings of the Greeks and display of their labours, they would seem lesser in both effort and expense to this labyrinth. Even the pyramids are beyond words, and each was equal to many and mighty works of the Greeks. Yet the labyrinth surpasses even the pyramids.
(...) So I speak of the lower chambers from listening to others, but have myself seen the upper ones - beyond human labour.
/emphasis added/
Mataha Expedition, Hawara 2008
Below the artificial stone surface appears (in spite of the turbid effect of the groundwater) at the depth of 8 to 12 meters a grid structure of gigantic size made of a very high resistivity material like granit stone.
This states the presence of a colossal archaeological feature below the labyrinth “foundation” zone of Petrie, which has to be reconsidered as the roof of the still existing labyrinth.
originally posted by: Klassified
a reply to: jeep3r
I keep hoping we're going to see an extensive dig at this site, and so far, it hasn't happened. Frustrating! And every time I see or hear the name Zahi Hawass in connection with anything, I know where the biggest problem and obstacle is.
originally posted by: stormcell
Given that some Egyptian sites are over 4000 years old, and that the North Sea didn't exist 4000 years ago and now has a depth of 700 meters in some places, my raw uneducated guess is that there could be Egyptian artifacts buried dozens if not hundreds of meters below ground level. The whole Arab peninsula area used to be ocean bed - it is only 2000 meters before you reach the magma layers of molten rock.
We've got the situation where artefacts and buildings are being discovered dozens of meters underneath the water table, itself many meters underground. Given that the whole area was built around a river delta that rose and fell with the seasons, all sorts of flooding, erosion and rapid sediment deposition events (floods) could have happened.
originally posted by: Hanslune
a reply to: Harte
A below the water level excavation is difficult and expensive. I'm surprized that the original group didn't drop a test pit down to verify. That is the customary action. Given Egypt's recent troubles I can see why no large organization has tried to excavate there.
originally posted by: EA006
a reply to: jeep3r
Maybe they don't want to dig because it may contain uncomfortable clues and hieroglyphs that aren't for the eyes of the slaves......
originally posted by: Hanslune
originally posted by: EA006
a reply to: jeep3r
Maybe they don't want to dig because it may contain uncomfortable clues and hieroglyphs that aren't for the eyes of the slaves......
OMG OH NOES the deadly uncomfortable clues!! OMG. It's okay if they find anything they'll give us a warnin' and you can shut your eyes. lol
er, like what?
Lucius: Dr. Zaius, this is inexcusible!\
Why must knowledge stand still? What about the future?!
Dr. Zaius: I may just have saved it for you.
Dr. Zira: What will he find out there, doctor?
Dr. Zaius: His destiny.
originally posted by: AthlonSavage
Giza Plateu West - Eas / North- South ration 1415.5/1723 = 0.8215.
it could be a scaled prototype slab.
Im now wondering if there are corridors and chambers beneath the Giza pyramids.
originally posted by: AthlonSavage
I understand why there is a reluctance to dig up the past.
Lucius: Dr. Zaius, this is inexcusible!\
Why must knowledge stand still? What about the future?!
Dr. Zaius: I may just have saved it for you.
Dr. Zira: What will he find out there, doctor?
Dr. Zaius: His destiny.