'Big Void' Identified in Khufu's Great Pyramid at Giza

Re:'Big Void' Identified in Khufu's Great Pyramid at Giza by dkersten on Monday November 06, 2017 @05:07AM (#15634470)

I agree, it would be good to prove scientifically instead of relying on fallacious circular reasoning and assumptions, and it would certainly be exciting if it proved that there was more to the story.

My main point was simply that given that the oldest written texts we have are Sumerian cuneiform, it would seem likely that if there were written texts hidden in the pyramids which predates Ancient Egyptian civilisation, it would likely be cuneiform too, although it would be incredible if even older texts were found (and decipherable)! Early-human history is very interesting.

(I am aware that there is older proto-writing than cuneiform, but not complete written texts)

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Re:'Big Void' Identified in Khufu's Great Pyramid at Giza by qubex on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @08:41AM (#15652244)

I’d never really entertained the notion that there might be earlier forms of writing, and if they existed, what form they might be expected to take. This is a really fascinating issue. Maybe we’ll find scribbles that resemble Linear-A (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_A) all over the inside of this hidden space. Wouldn’t that be exciting, even if we couldn’t read it?!

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