当法鲁克·艾尔巴斯对埃及大金字塔下最近发现的一座墓穴进行钻洞探查时,他并不是寻找什么古代遗迹、稀世珍宝或者失踪的法老木乃伊。他在寻找空气。“这将是令人难以置信的发现,”这位波士顿大学遥感中心的创始人说。“想想看,在我们研究全球性变暖以及其他大气变化时,5000年前埃及的空气标本将多么珍贵。” When Farooq Elbas did a hole exploration of a recently discovered grave beneath the Great Pyramid of Egypt, he was not looking for any ancient ruins, rarity or disappearance of the pharaoh mummies. He is looking for air. “It will be incredible discoveries,” said the founder of Boston University’s Remote Sensing Center. “Think about how precious an air specimen in Egypt would be 5,000 years ago when we looked at global warming and other atmospheric changes.”