Archaeologists Were SHOCKED When They Found These Hidden Chambers Within The Egypt Sphinx
The Sphinx of Giza is one of the world’s most recognizable monuments and one of the
oldest statues in the world. This was meant to be more of a decorative building, rather
than a building with a specific purpose, but a recent discovery of hidden chambers within
the Sphinx has shocked archeologists everywhere. Let’s take a look at what’s inside:
Despite being such an iconic structure in world history, we know shockingly little about
the Sphinx, its history, why it was built, or even who built it. We didn’t even research
the Sphinx as extensively as we did with the pyramids. But this also means there’s so
much more to be uncovered with this magnificent structure, and this discovery might be one
of the most interesting ones yet.
In 2019, a British historian revealed something absolutely shocking about the Sphinx. In a
remote corner of the Sphinx that is usually cordoned off from the general public, Dr.
Bettany Hughes revealed a secret hole that leads to something no one knows about. A secret
chamber that, so far, no one has visited yet. Archeologists and Egyptian authorities are
generally quiet and mysterious about this hole and are not giving the proper clearance
to actually excavate it to find out what’s in it.
This hole is simply one part of a massive mystery behind the Great Sphinx of Giza, there
is allegedly an extensive network of tunnels and chambers all over the area that may contain
the answers to some of the many questions we have about the ancient empire, and it may
finally tell us exactly how old the Sphinx really is and who really built it.
The hole she discovered leads to a rather large chamber and is located at the tail of
the Sphinx. There is also another hole located around the paw of the Sphinx that leads to
a smaller chamber, but that, too, has not been excavated yet. Egyptian authorities fear
that further excavation might damage the existing structure of the Sphinx (which has already
had irreparable damage in the past, as evident by its nose) and they simply do not want to
risk damaging it further.
There have been some earlier excavations under the Sphinx in the 80s and 90s, and Egypt’s
lead archeologist Zahi Hawass has claimed that he not only knows of the true extent
of these tunnels and chambers but that he also knows what’s in them. However, all
previous excavations have failed to uncover anything significant or worth going further,
which really brings into question the claims of both Hawass and Hughes.
The tunnels that Zahi Hawass specifically talked about are three distinct tunnels that
actually weren’t discovered by him, but rather a team of French archeologists in 1937,
nonetheless, Zahi Hawass has studied these tunnels more extensively than probably any
other man or woman on Earth. Some of the tunnels lead to large natural caves that may have
contained priceless artifacts, however, one of these tunnels is thought to have been completely
flooded in the early 20th century, which means that many of the ancient artifacts there may
as well have been completely destroyed by the floods.
More recent interviews of Zahi Hawass seem to suggest that he doesn’t really find the
tunnels to be that interesting anymore. To this day, no artifacts have ever been found
in the mysterious tunnels, at least in the parts that we were able to look into, and
there are even some scans that show that these “tunnels” might not even lead anywhere,
let alone any chambers. More advanced photographs show that the Sphinx is merely a large slab
of a building with none of the alleged “networks” beneath it. But that hasn’t stopped conspiracy
theorists from running wild with the thoughts of ancient passages leading to hidden treasures,
which may as well be true considering we haven’t studied the full extent of what lurks beneath
the Sphinx.
However, even if these secret tunnels and chambers under the Sphinx end up containing
nothing, they’re hardly the only historical mystery in the region. In fact, there is also
a secret chamber in Egypt’s most recognizable building, the Great Pyramid.
The Great Pyramid of Giza was built around 4500 years ago, and was the tallest building
on Earth for thousands of years. In fact, there wouldn’t be a building taller than
the Great Pyramid’s 146 meters built in the United States until the late 19th century!
Much like the Sphinx, the Great pyramid is clouded with history, with very little knowledge
on its construction methods or its purpose in the world. Many people even believe that
aliens may have built the great pyramids since they are so magnificent that it wouldn’t
even be possible to build something so massive 4500 years ago with limited technology or
education.
But still, these pyramids are here, and the largest one of them, the Great Pyramid, contains
a very similar secret, a hidden chamber. Actually, there were three hidden chambers inside the
Great Pyramid of Giza. One of them was the King’s chamber, made especially for King
Khufu to live in. It was highly secured with only one pathway leading up to it. There was
also another chamber connected to it called the Queen’s chamber, this one was made especially
for King Khufu’s wives, and was only accessible through the King’s chamber itself. It featured
similar security features to the King’s chamber, and both of these chambers weren’t
as big of a secret as you might think they are, but beyond these two “hidden” chambers,
was another, and this is one that we didn’t know about until very recently.
It’s sometimes referred to as “The Void” inside the Great Pyramid of Giza. This hidden
chamber was only recently discovered, and is believed to be over 100 feet in length
located directly above a 155 feet long hallway known as “the Grand Galley”. One of the
researchers, Mehdi Tayoubi said, “What we are sure about is that this big void is there,
that it is impressive, that it was not expected by, as far as I know, any kind of theory,”
The reason it remained undiscovered for so long is that it’s inaccessible from all
parts of the pyramid. It’s almost as if the pyramid was carefully built around it,
carefully leaving a large gap that would have otherwise been used by the ancient Egyptians.
Something like this is quite rare since ancient Egyptians were known to effectively use any
space they could in their buildings. If not for living, then for placing decorations or
priceless artifacts.
It was finally discovered due to a process known as muon photography, which is a new
scientific method of using cosmic ray-based images and modern particle physics to effectively
“scan” ancient buildings, such as the Great Pyramid of Giza. This scan can detect
objects much deeper than a regular x-ray could, and in a building as large as the Great Pyramid,
it made complete sense to use this to find out if anything was hidden within the Pyramid.
So far, experts have no idea why this empty void or “hidden chamber” actually exists,
but there has to be some sort of reason it does as ancient Egyptians were very careful
about how they built their structures and every room had a purpose, for something as
significant as the Great Pyramid of Giza, the largest structure on earth for thousands
of years, it would be ridiculous to suggest that the room wouldn’t have at least some
sort of purpose.
Despite not knowing its purpose, some historians are very excited to find out what it may represent,
while others are more skeptical. Zahi Hawass said, “It’s very clear that what they
found as a void doesn’t mean anything at all. There are many voids in the pyramid because
of construction reasons,”. On the other hand, Tayoubi argues that it’s something
much more important, and that while construction irregularities were normal in their regular
findings, this finding seemed to be much more precise, as if it was meant to be an empty
void rather than just an “accident”, as Zahi Hawass seemed to imply.
Many online commentators said that Hawass was only dismissive of the secret void as
he wasn’t the one to discover it, and if you know anything about Hawass, that might
as well be true. Since excavations within the pyramids have been banned for decades,
it’s possible that we might never know what’s within this chamber exactly, but as technology
further progresses and muon photography becomes more and more accurate, we might finally have
an idea of what it may be. Muon photography is a technology that has existed since the
1960s, but it has only gotten better every decade since its invention, and we can’t
wait for all the new discoveries that it might make in the future.
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