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April 28, 2024, 12:34 am UTC    
December 12, 2007 05:35AM
Hello all,

I’ve just finished reading through this thread from beginning to end (as at 9:30am GMT, 12 Dec) and as a result I have changed my view on the drilling of these blocks.

I started out not seeing any problem with a small hole being drilled through the blocks.

I have no moral-based objection to the project because I do not see it as the desecration of a sacred site in the interests of material gain - i.e. tomb robbing or treasure hunting.
I do see it as in the interests of archaeology, and that I do find morally acceptable.

It is argued by some that because theoretically there is nothing but core masonry behind the blocks the proposed drilling operation is unnecessary.
I strongly disagree with this argument.
I see no sense or gain in halting any archaeological project just because somebody has a theory that suggests it is unnecessary.

It now occurs to me that the only valid reason for not drilling through these blocks is that there may be something other than core masonry behind them – something that could be irreparably damaged or, worse, destroyed either by the drill bit or as a consequence of air and damp getting into the space beyond.
With the latter threat I have in mind here Jammer’s comments:
‘Here is one far fetched but possible danger,
Say there were scrolls that had survived 4.5 millennia due to a trapped inert atmosphere with little or no humidity or temperature swings.
A hole no matter how small will reactivate that inert atmosphere with both temperature and humidity changes.’
To which I should like to add: with disastrous consequences.

As much as I would like to know what is on the other side of these blocks, I now opine that the project should be stopped and alternative non-invasive methods of ‘seeing’ behind and beyond the blocks sought.
This may well mean that what lies beyond these blocks may not become known in the remaining lifetime of some of us, um, older posters and lurkers, but, well, one can’t have everything one wants... *

MJ

*something I’ve always considered to be grossly unfair smiling smiley
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New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

Anthony December 06, 2007 10:08AM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

Warwick L Nixon December 06, 2007 10:37AM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

Rick Baudé December 08, 2007 02:25PM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

Anthony December 08, 2007 04:13PM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

Rick Baudé December 08, 2007 04:23PM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

fmetrol December 08, 2007 05:32PM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

Pistol December 09, 2007 12:36PM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

fmetrol December 09, 2007 10:40PM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

MJ Thomas December 09, 2007 07:48AM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

C Wayne Taylor December 09, 2007 09:36AM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

L Cooper December 09, 2007 11:13AM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

cladking December 09, 2007 03:23PM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

Rick Baudé December 09, 2007 12:38PM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

MJ Thomas December 09, 2007 03:43PM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

Greg Reeder December 09, 2007 04:06PM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

cladking December 09, 2007 04:51PM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

Rick Baudé December 09, 2007 05:52PM

The hypothetical scenario

Anthony December 09, 2007 09:07PM

Re: The hypothetical scenario

Rick Baudé December 09, 2007 10:19PM

Respectful disagreement

Anthony December 09, 2007 08:22PM

Re: Respectful disagreement

MJ Thomas December 10, 2007 04:49AM

Re: Respectful disagreement

Pete Clarke December 10, 2007 05:10AM

Re: Respectful disagreement

Anthony December 10, 2007 06:51AM

Re: Respectful disagreement

Hermione December 10, 2007 07:12AM

Re: Respectful disagreement

Anthony December 10, 2007 07:23AM

Re: Respectful disagreement

MJ Thomas December 10, 2007 07:49AM

Invasive Damage

Anthony December 10, 2007 08:44AM

Re: Invasive Damage

Hermione December 10, 2007 09:30AM

Re: Invasive Damage

Anthony December 10, 2007 09:41AM

Re: Invasive Damage

Hermione December 10, 2007 10:37AM

Re: Invasive Damage

Anthony December 10, 2007 10:53AM

Re: Invasive Damage

cladking December 10, 2007 12:15PM

Re: Invasive Damage

Anthony December 10, 2007 12:30PM

Re: Invasive Damage

MJ Thomas December 10, 2007 03:45PM

Re: Invasive Damage

Anthony December 10, 2007 04:28PM

Re: Invasive Damage

Greg Reeder December 10, 2007 10:57AM

Re: Invasive Damage

Anthony December 10, 2007 12:26PM

Re: Invasive Damage

cladking December 10, 2007 12:59PM

Re: Invasive Damage

MJ Thomas December 10, 2007 03:53PM

Re: Invasive Damage

Anthony December 10, 2007 05:47PM

Re: Invasive Damage

MJ Thomas December 10, 2007 03:33PM

Re: Invasive Damage

Hermione December 10, 2007 03:47PM

Re: Invasive Damage

MJ Thomas December 10, 2007 06:33PM

Re: Invasive Damage

Anthony December 10, 2007 06:43PM

Re: Invasive Damage

cladking December 10, 2007 07:14PM

Re: Invasive Damage

MJ Thomas December 11, 2007 05:09AM

Re: Invasive Damage

Jammer December 11, 2007 02:26PM

Re: Invasive Damage

cladking December 11, 2007 05:10PM

Re: Invasive Damage

cladking December 11, 2007 05:05PM

Re: Respectful disagreement

cladking December 10, 2007 12:03PM

Re: Respectful disagreement

Pete Clarke December 10, 2007 08:41AM

The one person consensus

Anthony December 10, 2007 09:48AM

Re: The one person consensus

Pete Clarke December 10, 2007 11:20AM

Re: The one person consensus

Anthony December 10, 2007 01:25PM

Re: The one person consensus

Pete Clarke December 11, 2007 09:41AM

Re: The one person consensus

MJ Thomas December 11, 2007 11:35AM

Re: The one person consensus

Pete Clarke December 11, 2007 04:32PM

Re: The one person consensus

Tommi Huhtamaki December 11, 2007 05:16PM

Re: The one person consensus

Anthony December 11, 2007 08:02PM

Re: The one person consensus

Tommi Huhtamaki December 11, 2007 11:57PM

Preserving the evidence

Anthony December 12, 2007 06:06PM

Re: details on north block

MJ Thomas December 12, 2007 08:58PM

Reference

Anthony December 12, 2007 09:20PM

Re: The one person consensus

Pete Clarke December 12, 2007 03:21AM

Re: The one person consensus

MJ Thomas December 12, 2007 05:35AM

Re: The one person consensus

Tommi Huhtamaki December 12, 2007 06:46AM

Re: The one person consensus

Rick Baudé December 13, 2007 12:18AM

Thumpers

Anthony December 13, 2007 10:11AM

Re: Thumpers

Rick Baudé December 13, 2007 09:47PM

Re: Thumpers

C Wayne Taylor December 14, 2007 05:45AM

Proceeding from speculation

Anthony December 14, 2007 09:21AM

Re: Thumpers

Jammer December 14, 2007 10:12AM

Well said.

Anthony December 14, 2007 10:19AM

Re: Thumpers

C Wayne Taylor December 14, 2007 11:52AM

Re: Thumpers

cladking December 14, 2007 12:01PM

Re: Thumpers

Warwick L Nixon December 14, 2007 12:13PM

Re: Thumpers

C Wayne Taylor December 14, 2007 06:43PM

Re: The one person consensus

Anthony December 11, 2007 05:31PM

Re: The one person consensus

Doug Weller December 10, 2007 12:54PM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

Hermione December 10, 2007 06:40AM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

IanM December 09, 2007 03:44PM

Respect as a driving force

Anthony December 14, 2007 09:55AM

Re: Respect as a driving force

Warwick L Nixon December 14, 2007 10:30AM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

MJ Thomas December 09, 2007 05:36PM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

Joe_S December 11, 2007 04:18AM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

C Wayne Taylor December 12, 2007 08:14AM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

Pete Clarke December 12, 2007 08:39AM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

MJ Thomas December 12, 2007 10:56AM

Re: New exploration of the Shafts announced (actually, old news)

Greg Reeder December 12, 2007 12:14PM

The last artifacts....

Anthony December 12, 2007 06:21PM

Re: The last artifacts....

lobo-hotei December 12, 2007 10:18PM

Re: The last artifacts....

Anthony December 13, 2007 10:04AM



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