In 1982, one of the authors of this proposal began a correspondence with Lambert Dolphin, the principal author of a major underground imaging survey of Egyptian historical sites. As part of The Stanford Research Institute of Palo Alto, CA, he had resources at his disposal not equalled since. The National Science Foundation received massive funding in the 1970's. SRI operated on a grant from that fund. Before the next decade was over, the funding dried up. Professor Dolphin shared the full reports with our author. Later, he moved into private consulting and continues at that now.

A short correspondence also occurred then with Professor Kent Weeks. He worked on the Berkeley Map of the Theban Necropolis. He continued his connection with Egypt by joining the American University in Cairo. His survey work continued. A February 1987 New York Times report outlined his first connection to KV-5, the Ra Meses II sons' tomb. He had located it by Mag- netometery in collaboration with Weston Geophysical. The method was useful only in one way. It told him there was a major tomb there. But it did not tell him the location of the entrance. To locate this, in 1988 he made a series of sondages, located and cleared it.

The sewer line from the Rest House opposite Tut Ankh Amen's tomb to the septic tank down the Valley passed the entrance. It had leaked. (When he entered, Weeks reported he did not echo Howard Carter's words as he looked in, "Wonderful things.") He refilled the entrance with stones rather than sand to clear the air.

He continued with his survey work. But the Antiquities authorities planned changes to the arrangements in the Kings' Valley. These changes threatened to close off KV-5 permanently. Before that happened, he checked the site thoroughly. Conditions were now much better. In so doing, he came upon his great recent discovery, showing behind the huge entry hall a full gallery of offering chapels for at least fifty of Ra Meses II's sons. Uncleared descents to lower levels argue for as many burials.

This represented a major addition to the list of known sites, unexamined since its robbery in antiquity. Prof. Weeks is currently touring North America, giving scholars the latest news of the find. In the meantime, preliminary work has already started in preparation for the first full season of excavation.

Meanwhile, the bus park extension planned by the Antiquities authority has moved much farther down the Valley.

The above recitation proves once more, as it has often happened in the past, that the Kings' Valley still has secrets to yield.

Meanwhile, our Egyptian partner, from his location in Paris, renewed his acquaintances at University College, London. From this effort, an invitation to prove our technology at Wadi Tumilat in the Delta came from Professor Fekri Hassan, the Petrie Professor of Egyptology there. This opened the way to refine our approach in Nilotic rocks elsewhere at his invitation. Dr. Hassan, who is also a geologist, saw the merits of our approach at once.

During that time, contacts with the BBC developed so that once more our Egyptian partner met with principals from Fine Arts Productions, Hugh Scully's TV group, to persue filming our project. Whether or not we win our ultimate aim, we are assured that the adventure will make a good film account.

In addition, we have made contact with the Seismic Sensing group at the University of Calgary in Alberta. They have offered to provide ongoing refinements to our imaging program. Oil exploration involves difference in depth only not in kind. Their offer gives an added dimension to our project.

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