Now it is time for the responsible authorities to finally give the green light. I have spent a great deal of time analyzing the video footage and all the other data we collected during our three campaigns, refining the concepts and processes, planning and preparing potential next steps. But there is much more at stake. BACK TO THE LIST 2. But we have to keep in mind that we're still exploring the unknown.
Major surprises can arise at any moment.
So comprehensive, far-reaching plans are actually less useful than a series of small steps, to be taken one at a time. Preliminary investigation of the slab could begin with trying to move it, simply by pushing on one corner. Any movement, no matter how slight, could provide data on how the original builders inserted the slab in the first place. And that in turn would tell us a lot about its function. Next, we could insert a fine probe through the gap between the shaft floor and the bottom of the slab itself, in an attempt to learn what lies beyond.