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Back in the Day: discovery of the Rosetta Stone A French architect, who is campaigning for a new exploration of the Great Pyramid of Giza, claims to discovered the existence of two previously unsuspected rooms, antechambers next to the final resting place of the Pharoah Khufu where items like a bed, table and chairs would be placed for the dead leader to use in the afterlife.
Architect Jean-Pierre Houdin said: “After 12 years of research, 35,000 hours of work on this pyramid, I am convinced that there are these two rooms, two chambers in the pyramid.”
He is now seeking permission to try to find the rooms.
More about: Archaeology, Architecture, EgyptCopyright © 2012 euronews
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