Why did ancient peoples, without modern construction equipment, struggle so hard to build huge monuments? These monumental structures are found all over the world, from Easter Island to the pyramids of Egypt. Recent research suggests that they all have a common characteristic: they may have been specially designed to conduct and manipulate sound to produce certain sensory effects.read more

Last week, Gary Osborn and Scott Creighton took us on a thrilling journey into their new interpretation of this great pyramid and its relationship to the heavens. This week, they concentrate on what they believe to be the PROPHECY encoded in the Giza Plateau, and what it may mean for us now.

William Henry is in Egypt now, and hopes to examine some of the 
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A robot camera has revealed markings inside tunnels beneath the Giza Plateau that have remained unseen for at least 4,500 years. The hieroglyphic symbols are in red paint and may have been made by masons when the chamber was being built, as sort of a "blueprint" written right on the stones.

On CNN.com, Nuala Calvi quotes Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian as saying, "Sometimes they identify the work gang (who built the room), sometimes they give a date and sometimes they give guidelines to mark cuttings or directional symbols about the beginning or end of a block." Similar markings have been found elsewhere in Giza.
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