Saturday, December 13, 2014

Some Of The Secret Chambers Of The Great Pyramid

By Claudine Hodges


One of the wonders of the world that is still standing tall today is none other than the great pyramid of Khufu. This great pyramid is found in the land of Giza and is known to be the biggest one that was ever made. It was also the only one that had the most complex interior design ever made. It was so complex that there are secret chambers of the great pyramid that still exist until today.

Wayman Dixon was actually the one who discovered these shafts in the chamber of the Queen and decided to check if there were still rooms behind the walls. They checked both the north and the south shafts for any artifacts that may have turned up. Their discovery was indeed amazing because both shafts yielded two different kinds of results.

When Dixon and his assistant dug up the southern shaft, they were able to find a small metal hook that was buried somewhere in the rubble that can be found in the shaft. When they dug up the north shaft, they were able to find a granite ball and a piece of wood that was somewhat cedar like. Eventually, these two artifacts were brought to their country and were named the Dixon relics which were eventually returned to Dixon and then disappeared after a while.

Now since the discovery of these shafts, there were many people who followed the path of mister Dixon and did their own expeditions. A team was able to find two tunnels that were found in the north and south walls in this room. However, the problem here was that these tunnels were blocked off and needed to be drilled.

Of course another robot was created in order to drill those pesky stone blocks so that the team could proceed further but when they did, all they found was an empty room. Now there eventually came a time when there was another robot that was created which had a micro snake camera that could survey the empty room for even the slightest and smallest detail that could be found on the walls and on the ceiling.

Of course the archaeologists used the camera to survey the room and made a few discoveries. One thing that they found was that there were actually some hieroglyphs that were found on the walls. There were even some stone carvings that could be found there on the stone blocks that were stuck at the corners of the room.

Of course the egyptologists believed that the hieroglyphs there had a special meaning and told a story as to why the secret rooms were built. Some scholars say that the symbols were about the sun. However, there were other egyptologists that claimed that they were more about the stars as they were astronomical in nature.

Until now, no one really knows why these chambers existed in the first place. Many believed that they existed for a symbolic purpose while others believed that they were there for religious purposes. Probably the only thing that could give some answers would be the red hieroglyphs that are written there.




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