INTRODUCTION A SECRET CHAMBER A toy train sized robot inched its way through a small ancient shaft into Egypt's Great Pyramid on September 17 2002 An earlier robotic mission into the pyramid had shown that the shaft ended at a stone door This time researchers and scientists wanted to find out what was behind the door They crowded OLandelen med 10 A technician inspects the robot before sending it into the pyramid's shaft İRobot
inside the Great Pyramid and anxiously watched while TV viewers around the world tuned in The robot sent live images from its fifty minute journey through the 200 foot 61 meter shaft Gasps from the researchers could be heard as the robot drilled a small hole through the door Then the robot sent its inside camera
Famous Egyptologist Zahi Hawass was inside the Great Pyramid commenting during the broadcast He and a team of seventy people had been waiting for this moment during the mission's yearlong planning Hawass explained that behind the door was a small empty chamber and another sealed door It was not quite what the team and viewers had hoped for So even more questions needed to be answered LOVER This image shows the robot's view inside the shaft of the Pyramid Great
Three pyramids stand together on Egypt's Giza Plateau The one at the back in this image is known as the Great Pyramid This forty five hundred year old pyramid has intrigued people for thousands of years How was it built Who built it What was it used for Could there be hidden rooms or treasures inside Historians archaeologists and scientists are trying to out find
