{"id":2961,"date":"2002-08-28T21:27:43","date_gmt":"2002-08-29T02:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2961"},"modified":"2002-08-28T21:27:43","modified_gmt":"2002-08-29T02:27:43","slug":"too_cool_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/08\/28\/too_cool_2.html","title":{"rendered":"Too. Cool."},"content":{"rendered":"

A new robot, just 5″ high and 1′ long, will be sent down the mysterious 8″-square southern shaft in the Great Pyramid at Giza<\/a> next month. Once it comes to the elaborate block at the end of the shaft, it will use a powerful ground-penetrating radar to determine what lies beyond; if it looks interesting, the robot can send a fiber-optic camera through any cracks to transmit pictures.<\/p>\n

If you have the National Geographic Channel (we, alas, do not), tune in live on 17 September.<\/p>\n

Even if there’s nothing beyond (which would be odd), it should still be a heck of a lot more interesting than Al Capone’s vault.<\/p>\n

(via VftC<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new robot, just 5″ high and 1′ long, will be sent down the mysterious 8″-square southern shaft in the Great Pyramid at Giza next month. 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