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XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14539481/vast-city-exists-Giza-Pyramids-Egypt-new-discovery.html
. . .
Ok, nut-shell : Team CLAIMS there are vast under-structures
beneath the pyramids - going down maybe 4000 feet - that
look like 'wells' or 'mines' with 'chambers' and 'staircases'.
They used 'radar tomography' techniques - a sort of ground
penetrating radar trick - to find this. Some comm satellites
give off signals that CAN penetrate rather deeply. By using
two or three, and building up the subsurface reflections
over time, the team CLAIMS to see all this new stuff.
First off, the result is VERY VERY low-rez. Limits of the
tech alas. It's kinda so bad that you see more or less
what you WANT to see.
Next, the water table in the region has NEVER been below
4000 feet for a million years or more. The pumping tech
required to go that deep ... just unthinkable. With the
Nile nearby ... wow ......
COULD there have been kinda sophisticated pre-ice-age
civs around there ? Of course - I kinda expect such -
people are people and 'civ' just kinda pops up in all
its glory once you get enough people in an area. But,
based on artifacts, best to look in southern Turkey.
On the flip - NO archeological artifacts ever found
suggesting such a sophisticated Egyptian civ. It's
a fairly good area for preserving such, but nothing
except maybe a 20,000 year slow-growth in the region
has left anything to see. 4000-foot wells/mines would
require roughly 18th/19th-century techniques and THAT
would leave LOTS of signs. Higher-tech doesn't just
appear like magic, there's a long build-up and
LOTS of 'junk' left around.
SO, apologies, but I'm not gonna go with this groups
analysis. IMHO, at best, we're looking at random
underground rock formations, maybe with some caves
and channels from long water seepage.
STILL - interesting approach. The rez/accuracy CAN be
improved for sure. Give it time. It's just amazing
how LITTLE we know about pre-ice-age human civ - we
likely know more about Mars. Stronger LOCAL multi-
frequency transmitters can be employed, more time
to build up the tomographic picture. Better yet, put
down some small wells a mile or so from the site
and use SOUND waves to build up a picture.
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