In 1993, German cameras followed the steady
climb up 213 feet from the Queen's Chamber,
through the 'star shafts' by 'Upuaut', the robotic
vehicle designed by Rudolf Gantenbrink. When it
finally stopped, it was blocked by what many
viewers saw as a limestone 'sliding-door'with two
copper handles. Nine years later, Fox International
Television followed a second probe sent by another scientific team with Dr. Zahi Hawass
up the same southern 'star shaft' in the Queen's Chamber.
Some of you remember that even after the robot system in the shaft bore a hole in the door with
the copper handles, it encountered another door-type structure. Testing the northern shaft as
well, proved little in the way of answers.
Now, Dr. Zahi Hawass has just announced that he will make a third attempt to send a robot
up the southern 'star shaft' in the Queen's Chamber.
Hawass told Discovery
(March 20th, 2007) that the search for a possible missing room or
pathway up the star shafts will continue being planned this year and that within 30 days he will
choose the team that is going to work on this project. "It will be either from Singapore or
Hong Kong"he said.
Speculation from journalists suggest that the final connection of the shafts might disclose a
secret chamber which could contain items from a cache of old texts to a statue of Pharaoh Khufu who
many associate with the Great Pyramid. It is our observation, however, based on earlier studies
of Academy engineers and the ongoing geophysical and archaeological work, that the upper
and lower star shaft sites will disclose an important relationship between astronomy, hydrology
and geophysics. The interior design system surrounding the heart of the pyramid, however,
may still have to wait for more evidence of another anticipated Chamber in the Great Pyramid
of Giza.
In 1993, German cameras followed the steady