European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Magazine a 4,50o-year-od boat that belonged to Cheops is on display in a museum near the great Pyramid checking out Cheops Bym Mimann associated press a ancient egyptians called him Khz Ifju tothe greeks he was Cheops. Out of some 80pyramids in Egypt the Ono he Buill is called thug real Pyramid " some 4.500 years Lalor the Pyramid with its base o 1 3 acres beneath hundreds of thousands of 2 / ton limes Lonc blocks is one of the most studied Monu monks in the world. Part of its lingering Appeal is the mystery surrounding the Pyramid and the pharaoh himself clues to the Man god Are one Liny statue almost a joke compared to the massive Pyramid and tvo scribbles of Graffiti by Stone Carvers one inside the Pyramid i sell the other in a boat pit just outside now. Bolstered by Ever expanding technology foreign experts backed by egyptian aul homilies Are stepping up Al tools to Pierce the mystique of Cheops three projects Are under Way. In late january a icam irom Tokyo s Waseda University brought 3 device called a Otjen Elecio magnetic instrument to Giza plateau to skirt probing for Chambers hidden deep inside the Pyramid. Anjoul the Sije of a in ii vac oven the machine works on thru Prino Plu Miat allots doctor id Monitor .1 Fuluio Wisnie Ihu team spokesman 5hoji i in. Hae us d 1c. Samo loan nolo Lor x a i tits f re Pinai Murns Niho Clyl a iwo profits. Vicic a hols Are f i hidden Chambers in Cheops last Spring. After taking additional readings computer analysis i determine further Steps. Last september the French and egyptian technicians bored three holes into a limes Lone Block along a corridor of the Pyramid extracting samples of Limestone mortar and Sand before hailing the work in grueling heat. The second resumed extort by an american egyptian learn partly funded by the National geographic society will Drill into a boat pit that egyptology its believe contains a second Boal for Cheops. Scientists want to trap ancient air to study the pit s atmosphere when in was sealed after the boat s burial. Soil critics in Cairo object to the use of largely Unte Slad High technology in archaeology Budr Ahmed Kadry overseer of All such projects is a Strong supporter. Egypt is a country of science he says we must move through science the Pyramid of Cheops is one of the great triumphs in the world but we know virtually nothing about it or Ilu makers. Maybe by using High technology we can learn More " or. Mohammed Saleh director of Iho egyptian museum in Cairo welcomes any information from the i me of the pharaohs. Who was cheops1 he asks legends after ins death refer to him As a Tya in bad King Cheops bul i Dimuil i like to lamp of turn As the most person who occupied Lim Liioi Pugl Carl Priar Aoam he Pyramid to give Lounts a i i ill the greeks ruled Egypt for 300 year. Starting about 2.300 years ago Cheops had lived 2.200 Yean earlier Saith says cd cups Wai Proi Sod by Many his cull continued Tor lir says egyptians carried Anile is with his name As a Orl of his name appears on scarabs and labels saying Khi Lunka. May he live May to live longer Khufu is Sull alive Saloh says historians have netted cd Chr of / leadership Abi Lilios i always say if in l the Peru Mir from a constructional Pomi 1 View that Fanakos cup i an Capo rant person b Al his Genius of and Organiza he says i Realise Cheops did i do All fio planning himself bul us imagine what in was like to re cruel and train workers Archil cols. Sci ants. Cooks animal handlers peasants All he people working on Gua plateau these people had to work in Harmony for Al least 20 years while building the Pyramid " Saleh despairs that so Lew artefacts irom Cheops Tims have survived. His museum displays the Lone known Lalue of the pharaoh. A 2-Inch High carving in Ivory found in Abydos 280 Miles South of Cairo and the Pyramid. We know Hal craftsmen could make Beautiful pieces because we have examples of furniture belonging to his he says. Whoie Are Cheops objects arc they buried somewhere7 to Don i know. This is Why Iho Pyramid pro acct could to Inlo Rosling " Saleh also salutes the renewed Florl Al the boat Pil. Which will Ijac space age technology attain so ancient know How in 1954 a mag Licens Cedar boat was pulled from Iarj Fust pit 651 separate parts meticulously Arranger in 13 layers. Today to a cols in a now Homo an ultramodern museum above its burial spol technology was less advanced when Iho boat was raised however and organizers realized too Lale thai they should t bring a wooden Boal Inlo an alien environment. Saleh said scientists Hope that by taking a Sample of the air in the second pit they can re create in so that if a second Boal exists in can be removed Inlo a duplicate of the atmosphere in which in has rested Lor 45conlu ies or. Farouk a ba2, the egyptian born director of Boston University Center of Remote sensing when k the american Liaison for Iho project says a Small Wall Over the Pil will be removed and technicians will use radar to Send radio Waves into the pit to determine the size and shape of the Hole that s when drilling will begin using a slow moving suction of Rill which uses no Waler or Oil to pro decl the an Cicil environment from modern encroachments the air brought out in canisters under a vacuum will be Analysed by the a Honsl oceanic and atmospheric administration. I Baz says the pit s Lemper Aturo air pressure and humidity will be monitored and other instruments will determine whether air has leaked in irom the outside Well insert a Small camera into the pit he says with the help of the Valiona geographic society Well first take stills then television images. Well be using the same techniques As Hose lowering cameras Inlo nuclear reactors. Finally Well Seal the pit and go Home. Then Well find out whal we be a French egyptian car " "9 a Micin i a sonar like Duvick Ali t gave their Al indican on think p. I of i Nof problem i j us arc tin / indy to a l Iri i ri.", air Ofin taunt cd i sunday. Augusts 19b7 the Sphinx and the mysterious Pyramid. The stars and stripes Page 13
