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Khufu’s second solar boat uncovered after 4500 years
Hundreds of foreign and Egyptian journalists along with photographers, cameramen and TV presenters flocked to the Giza Plateau for the unveiling of Khufu’s second solar boat. The second solar boat remained sealed in its pit until 1987 when the American National Geographic Society examined it in association with the Egyptian Office for Historical Monuments. The... »
Great Pyramid markings are likely numerals
Hieroglyphs written in red paint on the floor of a hidden chamber in Egypt’s Great Pyramid are numerical signs meaning 100, 20 and 1. “The builders simply recorded the total length of the shaft: 121 cubits,” Luca Miatello, an independent researcher told Discovery News. Shown to the world last month, when the first report of... »
Model machine shows how Egyptians built the Pyramids as told by Herodotus
The construction techniques of the ancient Egyptians are now a little less mysterious. Through a simulation with a model machine built by the Politecnico di Torino, the first of its kind in the world, experts in construction techniques have shown that is possible with the use of rope wound around a drum and twisting... »
