Hong Kong dentist to help check pharaoh's cavity

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong dentist is wielding forceps to help reach for answers inside the last surviving example of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Dentist Ng Tze-chuen poses inside his dental clinic in Hong Kong February 24, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

Pulling teeth by day and devising inventions by night, Ng Tze-chuen, 59, said he organized a team working with Egypt's former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass to unlock the mystery surrounding the doors blocking two narrow shafts in the pyramid, which is the tomb of the Pharaoh Cheops, also known as Khufu.
"The Chinese have more experience with chopsticks. And a dentist has more experience in gripping with forceps," said Ng.
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