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The Djedi Project’s director, Zahi Hawass, also shared his ideas with New Scientist. Read the full interview here. “It’s possible that the King’s Chamber was a false room,” he speculated, “since the most essential thing in the minds of the ancient Egyptians was to conceal the burial chamber.” Of course, everything is susceptible to interpretation, but Hawass, of all people, is considered an authority on the subject of ancient Egypt.
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Despite the fact that it appears as though the doors and secret rooms within the Great Pyramid of Giza are all symbolic, Hawass isn’t dismissive of the possibility that scholars may still discover anything tangible hidden away within. His explanation was as follows: “We have a narrative that the magician Djedi visited Khufu, who was searching for the deity Thoth in order to discover the secret of hiding his pyramid. Perhaps there is something buried within the pyramid on the basis of this.” Experts are always uncovering new and exciting insights.
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