The viral "40-meter metallic tic-tac" at Hawara traces back to Tim Akers' interpretation of commercially purchased satellite imagery. No metallic object has ever been excavated by Petrie, Dr. Reda, or Ashraf Sobhy. Louis de Cordier confirmed the metallic claim was an interpretation, not an official survey conclusion, and Herodotus never mentioned one either. Notably, de Cordier himself stated he remains skeptical and has never seen any such structure.
Metallic object claim traces to satellite imagery interpretation, not excavation
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Key facts
- The '40-meter metallic tic-tac' claim originated from Tim Akers' interpretation of commercially acquired satellite imagery
- No metallic object was ever excavated by Petrie, Dr. Reda, or Ashraf Sobhy
- Louis de Cordier confirmed the metallic object was an interpretation, not an official survey conclusion
- Herodotus never mentioned a metallic object
- Louis de Cordier himself stated he remains skeptical and has not seen the structure
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Petrie excavated on the site in 1888. Since the Labyrinth was built on open desert ground, Petrie did not have even the lines of a sand ...
A virtual exploration of the lost labyrinth: developing a recondiscovery.ucl.ac.uk
In 1888, Flinders Petrie started to excavate at Hawara. In 1911, Petrie returned to Hawara to excavate in the Labyrinth and to find more of the so-called Fayum ...
Petrie at Hawara: Pioneering Debatable Standards?archaeologybulletin.org
by D Brügger · 2022 · Cited by 2 — Petrie's two significant excavation seasons in Hawara (January to April 1888 and November 1888 to April 1889) provide a wealth of documentation in his own hand ...
Hawaravirtualhawara.com
Hawara, the virtual home of the AHRC and STDF funded 'Labyrinth' research project that aims to document, preserve and develop the Hawara Pyramid and Labyrinth ...
Labyrinth of Egypten.wikipedia.org
After excavating the site in 1888, Flinders Petrie argued that the northernmost portion of the labyrinth had been composed of nine shrines
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