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.
Now they first found a metal hook in the southern shaft that was buried there in the dirt. Of course if they were able to find a relic in the southern shaft, they also went to see the northern shaft in which they were able to find two relics namely a granite ball and a cedar like piece of wood. These two artifacts were then brought back to their homeland in England wherein they were named after Dixon as the Dixon relics and were soon lost after they were returned to sir Dixon.
Now it was because of this that another expedition was made in the year 1993. In the second expedition, they were then able to find two tunnels which were found in the northern and southern walls of this same chamber. The only problem here was that the tunnels were eventually blocked by some stone blocks that had to be drilled.
When a robot was created to be able to drill those stone blocks, the archaeologists just found an empty space that was still blocked off by another huge block which made them unable to proceed further. Eventually, another robot was created in order to investigate the area. This robot had a micro snake camera that could check for all the small details of this room as well as if there were any writings that could be found on the walls.
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.
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.
Now they first found a metal hook in the southern shaft that was buried there in the dirt. Of course if they were able to find a relic in the southern shaft, they also went to see the northern shaft in which they were able to find two relics namely a granite ball and a cedar like piece of wood. These two artifacts were then brought back to their homeland in England wherein they were named after Dixon as the Dixon relics and were soon lost after they were returned to sir Dixon.
Now it was because of this that another expedition was made in the year 1993. In the second expedition, they were then able to find two tunnels which were found in the northern and southern walls of this same chamber. The only problem here was that the tunnels were eventually blocked by some stone blocks that had to be drilled.
When a robot was created to be able to drill those stone blocks, the archaeologists just found an empty space that was still blocked off by another huge block which made them unable to proceed further. Eventually, another robot was created in order to investigate the area. This robot had a micro snake camera that could check for all the small details of this room as well as if there were any writings that could be found on the walls.
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.
