Pyramid Hieroglyphs Likely Engineering Numbers [1]

Discovery News
By Rossella Lorenzi [2]
Tue Jun 7, 2011 12:19 PM ET

Markings in red paint found within the Great Pyramid by a camera-toting robot are likely numerals used by builders.

Hieroglyphs written in red paint on the floor of a hidden chamber in Egypt's Great Pyramid are numerical signs meaning 100, 20 and 1.
Djedi Team

Mysterious hieroglyphs written in red paint on the floor of a hidden chamber in Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza are just numbers, according to a mathematical analysis of the 4,500-year-old mausoleum.

Shown to the world last month, when the first report of a robot exploration of the Great Pyramid was published in the Annales du Service Des Antiquities de l'Egypte (ASAE), the images revealed features that have not been seen by human eyes since the construction of the monument.

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