Egypt
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I wonder how many people noticed the news article on Yahoo that spoke of a new meteorite find in Kansas. The meteorite was found in a field that was the target for thousands of meteorites during a fall about 10,000 years ago. Yes it was an amazing find, but the meteorite was not the exciting thing for me, it was the way they found it. Apparently they were using a new type of radar device that can find things buried under the ground and also display them on a screen or at least the representation of them. You are probably wondering why something like this would excite me aren't you? Well the first thought that came to my mind was that we could use this device to checkout the so called chamber under the foot of the Sphinx. As most of us know, there is a supposed large chamber under the monument but we are being barred from exploring it by the Egyptian Government. The theory is that it might contain artifacts from a lost race which would show that the Sphinx was not built by Egyptians, but by a lost civilization and the Egyptian government wouldn't want that. We have no way to know if this is true, but if it is, any objects indicating construction by any race other than Egyptians could have easily been removed by now since the chamber was said to have been discovered several years ago.

This new device could be used in many places. If we are talking archeology, there are thousands of ruins that might have chambers under them for all we know. They are scattered all over the world. One interesting place that I would love to explore is Tiahanaco. It is known as the Gateway of the Sun and was built by a pre Inca civilization. There is an archway that is standing alone that seems to be cut from a single stone. It has 38 winged effigies carved on it along with many faces and condor heads. The arch is over 2,200 years old. When you look at this arch the workmanship seems very advanced, actually too advanced for the time period. That is the reason that this fascinates me so. I would love to go over the grounds of the city with this new radar device. Who knows what underground chambers we might find?

Temple 1 At Tikal, Guatemala
Photo Source: NOAA, Credits: David A. Hodell
Department of Geology, University of Florida

Before the Maya civilization there was another, pre Maya civilization. We have been finding evidence of this culture throughout Mexico and the surrounding areas. Here we are with all our computers, archeologists and reference material and yet we have not been able to translate any of the writings from these people. A prior claim was made that it had be translated but that was found to be false. A mask was found in southern Mexico that dated back to these people and it has an inscription on it, but no one can figure out what it says. The problem is that there is nothing to compare it with. The language seems to have about 400 characters and only one picture and that is of the king holding what experts think is a flower. If another ancient race came in contact with them and translated some of the language into their own writing that would be a tremendous help, since we probably could read that. South and Central America certainly are not the only places that I would like to take this new radar device.

Turkey is the home of more ancient ruins that anywhere else on earth. It would take a team of archeologists using this device, many lifetimes to scour the country side, but it would be worth it. Underground ruins turn up almost every year in this country. There is even a huge Roman racetrack buried under the main street in Istanbul. This is not the only thing under the streets of the city, there are palaces, vaults, water systems and buildings, all ancient and all very interesting. Many of the shops actually have basements that lead to ancient Roman ruins that are covered by the upper street. The authorities in Turkey probably wouldn't even want anything else discovered. They already have so much that they can't handle it. These discoveries also disrupt daily living as they cause detours on busy roads and such. Even if we only took the most important of ruins and used our machine, we might find hither to unknown areas of great importance. Maybe even ancient treasure.

Getting back to Egypt, wouldn't it be interesting to probe the area around the pyramids? Could there be chambers under the ground that contain artifacts that would increase our understanding of how they were built? We now think we know so much about their construction, but wouldn't it be something to find out that maybe we are wrong and that the Egyptians were helped by some other civilization? That fact could change history as we know it. Talking about the Sphinx, there is a theory that the head was changed and that it really is of much more ancient construction than Egyptian. What if we were able to find the original head buried in the sand, using our device. If the head was changed would the Egyptians have bothered to take it away or did they just bury it? Finding the head would be one of the greatest finds of the century, of course this presumes that the theory is correct, but it may not be.

Mars
Photo Source: NASA

The radar device not only creates a picture of what is under the ground but it makes an accurate 3D representation of it. There is talk that the instrument may be used on a future flight to Mars. It is hoped that water will be able to be located using this system. A good example of the accuracy of this radar was when highly sensitive metal detectors detected iron meteorites in the field. The ground penetrating radar showed that it was only a steel cable that had been buried. If a system like this could somehow be used in a satellite circling a planet like Earth or Mars, it could be quite useful in finding things like underground springs, volcanic faults and ruins, along with other things. Lets hope it goes to Mars soon and puts an end to the great water debate.