Question by None N: Is there really a secret chamber under the sphinx?
If so, why hasn’t the Egyptian government allowed and excavation, and will they ever?
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Answer by loryntoo
They’ve looked for such a chamber, but haven’t found one yet. It’s far more likely that such a chamber would be under the ruined temples next to the sphinx anyway.
Have you seen the stuff about water erosion on the sphinx? Have you noticed the depression that still exists around the sphinx?
Seems to me that there was a pool around the sphinx at one time, probably in the same time period as those temples.
What do you think? Answer below!
Yes there is, A Japanese archaological expedition used ground penetratinn radar to look beneath the Sphinx. There is a whole subterranan level down there. The Egyptian government doesn’t seem interested in anything that could upset there esablished view of how Egyptinan history happened.
Much of the Sphinx has possibly been eroded by rainfall, which hasn’t been present in Egypt for over 10,000 years. There is also a secret chamber under the Sphinx, which holds the secrets of “Zep Tepi” or the golden age that supposedly existed before the Pyramids were built.
In October 1995 the Egyptian Antiquities Organisation finally decided to refurbish the old parking lot east of the Sphinx. While clearing the area in front of the Sphinx and the Valley Temple, a ‘lucky turn of the spade’ from one of the labourers unearthed part of an ancient complex of underground galleries and pathways. Hearing of this providential discovery, Graham Hancock and I planned a short trip to Egypt to see for ourselves what was going on. John Anthony West also was on his way there, and so we decided to meet directly at Giza. When we arrived there we found the place swarming with activity.
Several gangs of labourers and masons were digging and clearing the area in front of the Sphinx and its temples. By a stroke of good fortune the Egyptian authorities had not yet cordoned this area, so we asked one of the inspectors in charge if we could take a closer look. It was a little difficult to tell what exactly was happening here. No one seemed to be sure. It looked as if part of the area had already been excavated some years ago but then, for reasons unknown, it was covered up again.
This was evident by the botches of modern mortar and iron bars that were left embedded in the ceiling of the ancient pathways, probably in an attempt to underpin or reinforce the relics. An inspector standing by seemed to think that these modern-day additions were made either when Egyptologist Selim Hassan was clearing the area for the Egyptian Antiquity Organisation in the 1930s or, perhaps, later in the 1950s when the Sons Et Lumieres open-air theatre was constructed nearby. But why the vestiges were covered up again, and why and how they came to be forgotten remains a mystery.
These vestiges consisted of a major artery cut into the natural bedrock (some 10 feet wide and 200 feet long from north to south) which runs in front of the Valley Temple and the Sphinx. This artery is itself intersected by two paved pathways coming from the Valley Temple and going due east -much like two small roads bridge over a straight motorway. These pathways very oddly dip at their eastern end and then vanished into the ground. We also noticed a very curious manhole set in the main artery at the point where it intersects the southern pathway. It’s lid, which is made from a single piece of limestone, is broken at one corner and through it we could see water flowing (mixed with the sewage from the nearby village) and heading towards the Sphinx and the Valley Temple.
The whole complex was obviously very ancient and almost certainly contemporary with the Sphinx. But what could its function be? And what was the purpose of the underground waterway? According to a prominent Ancient Egyptian myth, the legendary gates of the Afterworld were guarded by two gigantic lions or sphinxes called Aker. In New Kingdom tomb drawings the aker-sphinx of the eastern gate sits proud with its hind parts in a hollow. Underneath it can be seen an curious underground stream or duct. Behind the lion towers a huge mound or pyramid and under it is found a large, oval chamber which appears to be hermetically sealed.
In this mysterious chamber it said to be some lofty secret, no doubt from the ‘gods’ who ruled the land of Egypt during the remote epoch of Zep Tepi -‘The First Time’. This strange chamber was called the ‘House of Sokar’ in Rostau. The resemblance with the Sphinx complex at Giza is uncanny. Giza in ancient time was also called Rostau, and Sokar (a hawk-headed deity) was identified to Osiris. Odd coincidences? Perhaps.
I think they thought there was, said there wasn’t, then some team used ground radar and found it again. But then the Egyptian guy who runs the place got pissed off and made them leave!
(The egyptians wouldn’t allow excavation for the same reason they made the team leave, they don’t want to change any of their ideas!)