Ancient Discoveries - Sphinx And The Great Pyramids (facts and theories in a nutshell!!)

I'm sharing this topic due to my very deep interest with the Ancient Egyptians, which is a must read (albeit abit long), especially for those who are very much fascinated by the Mysteries of ancient Egypt and its possible connection with advanced technology of unknown origin or basically just want to know more facts about the Sphinx and The Great Pyramids.  I got this excerpt straight from a book that I have read titled : Conspiracy Theories [REVISED AND UPDATED] edited by Kate Tuckett, 2004.

Here goes...

SPHINX AND THE GREAT PYRAMIDS

The ancient Egyptians built their monuments on a scale which continues to impress even modern scholars and tourists.  The grandest of their monuments, and possibly the most debated, are the Great Pyramids of Giza.  These structures, built wholly of solid stone blocks weighing 200 tons each, have fascinated visitors since their construction, the techniques of which have been lost to history.

Recent evidence suggests that the Egyptian kings, scheming to create a lasting and powerful display of Egyptian ingenuity, created the structures for the express purpose of confusing future civilizations as to just exactly how they were built.  With theories of vast slave pools, unknown ancient technology and even alien assistance, the mystery of and the mystery of the pyramids will likely live on far into human history.  However, startling new evidence has suggested that perhaps the monuments were not built by the Egyptians at all.

The Great Sphinx of Giza is one of the world’s oldest mysteries.  It is probably the greatest relic of a distant past, but one which asks more questions than it answers and one which could potentially reveal information that could throw new light on our entire civilization.

The Sphinx is not built out of quarried rock like the pyramids and temples that it guards, but rather the pyramids and temples that it guards, but rather out of the unbroken foundation.  It has a man’s (or arguably a woman’s) head and the body of a lion.  It is 66 feet high, 240 feet long and has the most extraordinary expression looking out of this world into infinity.  Most Egyptologists, and most Egyptians for the matter, believe that the Sphinx was built in around 2500 BC in the time of the pharaoh Chephren (or Khafre), who is identified with the Second Pyramid at .  Yet recent research has shown that this theory is a little more than legend, but a theory that is well worth upholding on the Egyptian’s part, for the monumental edifice has become a symbol of their kingdom.

John A. West had visited the statue many times and it had always seemed to him to be something apart, something far older than known civilization.  Reading a book on   West realized that the weathering patterns on the Sphinx were not horizontal as seen on other monuments at , but vertical.  Horizontal weathering is the result of prolonged exposure to strong winds and sandstorms.  There have been plenty of these in the arid area of the , but could water have caused the vertical weathering on the Sphinx? Water from where? by the French author and mathematician Schwaller de Lubicz, he came across the theory that there were signs of water erosion on the body of the Sphinx.

In 1991 Dr Robert Schoch, a prominent geologist and professor from Boston University, examined the weathering on the Sphinx and concluded that the patterns must have been caused by torrential rain, concluding that the Sphinx must have been built in an era when such rains were common in this area and that the other monuments must have come many years later.  This would suggest that the Sphinx was built before the most ancient of Egyptians, before the very first dynasties thousands of years before Christ, before, in fact, recorded history.  And this unravels quite staggering possibilities.

The Sphinx is quite possibly the most remarkable monument in the world.  It is quite unlike anything either the ancient Egyptians or even our modern culture could build.  It seems to belong to an ancient culture, and one which must have had far greater knowledge than ours.  Its face is surprisingly modern and its expression is one of such wisdom and profundity that it suggests knowledge far beyond our puny mortal efforts.  We can only surmise at what secret the Sphinx guards, but whatever it is, the Egyptians do not want it revealed.

The pharaonic head of the Sphinx is out of proportion with the body.  Could it have originally been a leonine head, carved 12,000 years ago to mark the Age of Leo, which was then rediscovered just 4,000 years ago by the Egyptians and re-carved at that point in honour of their pharaoh?

A series of surveys have also indicated the existence of several tunnels under the Great Sphinx itself, leading to an unexplored chamber about 25 feet beneath the great paws of the statue.  We can only surmise as to what the contents of this chamber might be, but the possibilities are endless.  The remnants of an ancient civilization could be stored here.  And if the ancient civilization was capable of building the Sphinx, revelation of its other capabilities could be extremely enlightening.  Perhaps therein lies the riddle of the Sphinx.

Moreover, in March 1993 a small door was discovered at the end of a long narrow shaft in the Great Pyramid.  Since then, the principal researcher, German Rudolph Gantenbrink, has been forbidden from continuing the exploration.  The Egyptian Antiquities Authorities gave the excuse that, in leaking the news to the British Press, Gantenbrink broke a rule of archeology.  Egyptian authorities were adamant that the find was of no importance.  It would seem that the authorities were attempting to hide something.

Doesn't these facts and theories only create more questions or even theories of your very own?