Like the mysteries that surround them, the Pyramids outlast time. From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: February 27, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Toni Stroud

GIZA PLATEAU, Egypt _ They're tall, but they don't exactly scrape the sky. They're massive, but they don't monopolize the horizon. They're old, going on 5,000 years, but they don't look a day over 2,000.

And they've suffered. Over the millennia they've been robbed, rifled, abandoned, tunneled, blasted, invaded and shot at. They've been measured, examined, probed, ventilated, dehumidified, illuminated, climbed upon, theorized over and lied ...