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New evidence for hidden chambers beyond Tutankhamun's tomb (https://www.nature.com)

43 points by rndsignals 2 days ago | 10 comments | View on ycombinator

jamwise 36 minutes ago |

The 10 year old inside me is so incredibly excited. My actual 10 year old self was obsessed with tombs and ancient Egypt. I remember a whole summer I couldn't stop thinking about and talking about the "Sphinx on the face of Mars". Thankfully these days I have friends, but I have been rewatching all of Stargate so this is very timely.

wildzzz 2 days ago |

Makes sense, the king dies unexpectedly, you need a tomb real quick. It probably takes years to dig these tombs and that's assuming you've found a suitable place to dig. You pick an existing tomb of a less popular ruler, wall of some sections (but maybe leave the artifacts?), renovate the new main chamber for him, and put a new name out front.

It's like those dilapidated buildings in NYC where the ground floor is some store but everything upstairs is basically uninhabitable decay. The store makes enough rental income to justify not renovating the upper floors into something actually usable.

GolfPopper 25 minutes ago |

So they're saying there's one tomb, that seems very real, that conceals a hidden entrance to another, larger tomb complex?

Okay, sure, explore away. But I'm not coming along, and if you find any jeweled skulls don't touch them.

crustyoldhuman about 1 hour ago |

I feel like I see this headline ever 2 months. it's like cancer research. lots of fluff, never any progress. then you get the alien people saying it's cuz they're hiding aliens. i'm exhausted.

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odyssey7 about 1 hour ago |

What is the physical limitation that prevents a very big metal detector from telling us if there’s gold or other signatures?