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Behind You

by Brian Coldrick

I was a big fan of Coldrick’s animated illustrations when I came across them and was pleasantly surprised when I found out there was a book! I picked up Behind You and absolutely loved it.  

Its an illustration series/comic with no panels, where each piece is a separate story. Each tale is one image and one piece of text: an unsuspecting victim with someone, or something, behind them.

The illustrations are really spooky and imaginative. The short stories are great as well.

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The Secret Doors Inside The Great Pyramid of Khufu

The interior of The Great Pyramid of Khufu has always fascinated people due to its complexity. Back in the early 90s (1993 to be exact) Khufu was closed off for a year for scientific research and conservation.

A robotics expert, Rudolf Gantenbrink, was brought in to help the conservation clean/lower the humidity of the pyramid and reach areas that were not accessible by humans. Secret “air shafts” were discovered in the Queen’s chamber back in 1872 and at first it was thought that they were there to regulate air flow but it was later discovered that they lead to a secret door. Since the shafts are  21x21cm (8.2x8.2in) large, it was impossible for humans to fit inside and investigate where they led to.

Once Gantenbrink sent his robot (Webwawat) inside the ducts to investigate and reach what people back in 1872 couldn’t they made two very interesting discoveries.

 1) They found a small door with two bronze handles which they eventually drilled through.

2) After the robot sent its probe through the 1st handled slab (door) it found another, more roughly hewn limestone slab, containing visible cracks.

No one knows that these doors are there for. The ventilation theory went out the door because air couldn’t get through. One theory is that they have an astronomical function; the southern shaft connected to the star Sirius, and the northern shaft linked to Minoris, Ursa, and Beta. Stadelmann believes that these shafts are not for ventilation, but are tunnels through which the king’s soul will rise to the stars that never darken.

Another theory is that they are just cat doors.

Zahi Hawass Source