by Randy Koppang
Reconciling the perceptions of orthodox tradition with those of an
increasingly solidified revisionist history may one day be seen as a
challenge of our times.
Today, however as a fair witness to pursuits of unbiased research I find no
consistent climate of constructive engagement for integrating out-of-place
data with prevailing concepts.
Specifically, new revelations concerning the mysteries at Giza
have recently evoked sufficient controversy to suggest that Galileo's
telescope-analogy is no longer adequate. Simple resistance to change is
merely one factor. And in this context, the following is to update
reports of developments at Giza that appeared in Atlantis
Rising Nos. 11 and 12.
Let's review Dr. Joseph Schor's Sphinx Expedition. The
publicized goal seemed to be locating unknown cavities and geological faults
beneath the Sphinx. Yet, as Schor-group documentarian
Boris Said stated here, those pursuits have long since reached an
impasse, and hopes they may any time soon (resolve the impasse) are fading.
Faded they have indeed! As a repercussion of an inexplicable and dramatic
discovery in the Great Pyramid, by Schor consultant Thomas
Danley, achieving the Schor goals, or those of any other
unorthodox expedition may have been permanently preempted.
Danley's credibility was established in his own words, when
introduced by Richard Hoagland as a guest on the July 25, 1997,
Art Bell radio show. He is a trained acoustic
engineer/transducer designer, recently employed by Intersonics of
Northbrook, Illinois. Danley consulted with NASA,
flying two space shuttle payloads, using acoustic levitation techniques for
containment of experimental high temperature new-materials processing.
Danley demonstrated acoustic levitation for producer Boris Said's
NBC special, Mystery of the Sphinx. And Danley's
expertise again was solicited in October/November, 1996. Boris Said
sent Danley to Giza with a film crew. He was, then,
legitimately authorized to perform acoustic (accelerometer)
measurement of dimensions in all upper Great Pyramid chambers, spending
four nights therein. While placing a vibration sensor, Danley noticed
the Col. Howard Vyse (1836) hole into the south-facing granite wall
of Davidson's Chamber, the first of four
construction chambers above the King's Chamber ceiling. So he climbed
through, finding an obviously new tunnel in the process of being expanded
where the Col. Vyse tunnel leaves off. Danley and Said's
film crew reportedly filmed this new tunneling. On the second level, above
Davidson's Chamber, Danley found numerous large bags of
Turah limestone tunnel tailings; hoisted up at great effort for
apparently temporary storage, not yet taken down for removal. But then,
there was a lot of rock to be cleared.
Danley detailed his inspection on the July 25, 1997, Art Bell Show,
noting that there were enlarged inter-cavities at two points along the new
tunnel. He agreed with Hoagland's view that these two rough-hewn
enlargement cavities made no sense, unless they were for either of two
purposes:
- way stations for bagged
tailings waiting for removal (implying continued excavation)
- or probing adjacent
areas for something.
Danley said the cavities
were large enough to fit 10 to 12 people into. Weeks prior to Mr. Danley's
July 25 radio interview, he had initiated the public accounting of his
pyramid experience by posting a brief Internet URL communiqué
of the facts, with photos. In both instances he referred to his Antiquities
Inspector escort. Danley told how he briefed the escort at length
regarding these facts, even drawing a map. Danley stated:
The next day he (the escort')
went up to see for himself and then reported it to his boss (which he had
said he was a little reluctant to do). With reported disbelief, the
Inspector personally verified the tunneling, because as Danley
reported, he knew nothing about it?!
This disbelief and reluctance by
the monument security escort to report to his superior is meaningful. The
Inspector's boss would be immediately under Zahi Hawass,
Director General of the pyramids. And any such tunneling project
would certainly have to be formally approved with the signature of Dr.
Hawass. Why then would the Inspector know nothing about it? And as an
enigmatic aside to this question as prelude to Danley's appearance on
the Art Bell Show, Mr. Bell quoted his previous guest,
Dannion Brinkley (Saved By The Light) as saying Zahi Hawass
confirmed to him that there was digging being done above the King's Chamber.
Now what a story like this needs is corroboration. Because, based on
conventional Egyptological academics, there could be no reason whatsoever
for permanently damaging this monument with structural tunneling. None.
Period! Allegations of secret unknown chambers have been scientifically
refuted. And even Rudolph Gantenbrink's robot exploration is
presumably not worthy of pursuit.
Enter our corroborator. When news of the tunneling began to surface, it
attracted the attention of Richard Hoagland's Enterprise
Mission archeo-astronomical interests. Thus, Hoagland
recruited Larry Hunter to investigate. For nearly 20 years and
seventeen visits to Giza, Hunter has privately
researched the geopositioning function of the Great Pyramid in
the Orion-Giza Duat, i.e., its interdisciplinary specifics.
The Enterprise Mission sent Hunter to Egypt in mid-June
and late July, 1997, to independently investigate and film corroborative
evidence of Thomas Danley's claimed experience. Hunter was
successful, albeit wary of commitment to the stated objective since, at that
time, claims from Boris Said's alleged film footage of the tunnel
were never made available to him.
Photo Gallery of Richard
Hoagland's Enterprise Mission
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