图片新闻【185】金字塔探秘过程

Hopes of unlocking the mysteries of Egypt's biggest pyramid hit a new snag on September 17, 2002 when a robot crawling up a narrow shaft to peek through an ancient limestone door found a second stone slab blocking the way. 'Pyramid Rover' climbed about 213 feet up one the passages to peer through a hole which some thought might conceal secret chambers, statues of the pharaoh or ancient scrolls dating back 4,500 years. 'We found a space. We found another sealed chamber,' the head of Egypt's Supreme Antiquities Council, Zahi Hawass, said during a live television broadcast of the expedition sponsored by National Geographic Channels. (Reuters Graphic)

词汇：

unlock：v.接通, 开放, 解锁
snag n.障碍
crawl vi.爬行, 蠕动, 徐徐行进
peek v.偷看
conceal vt.隐藏, 隐蔽, 隐瞒
chamber n.室, 房间
Pharaoh n.法老王（古埃及君主称号）, 暴君