One reason that Zahi and other Egyptologist don't take kindly to the fringe is the way the fringe explains why and how they (the Egyptologist) don't know about these other civilizations. The fringe holds they are either stupid, corrupt or just incompetent. Needless to say the Egyptologist return the feeling.

I'm glad you liked it! I was amazed when I read it too. He goes into too much detail for it to be disproved easily,plus he was so young. I really do hope it's true!

I don't know a whole lot about this topic, infact i have only recently taken interest in it. But i do have somewhat of a theory. I believe that what ever is in these hidden tunnels could very well change the face of history as we know it. But for some reason goverment officials are making it a point to either keep us out or keep us from knowing what is really down there, I mean seriously if there is some ancient "library" so to say that contains centuries if not millenia of forgoten knowlage that would completley change the way we view life and that alot of the "people on top" are very wrong in what they want us to believe...why would they let us know about it?

Good guestion and theory AATS person

Lets look at it

1. It assumes all governments think alike and all have the same knowledge - this is highly unlikely imho. If there was in fact such a place I have little doubt that it would be opened immediately.

2. It assumes that these governments knows what is there? How do they know that?

3. "They" have somehow kept these tunnels secret despite not controlling the site for thousands of years in the past.

4. OR the theory of special stuff under the Sphinx has been made up in modern times.....a check shows that speculation about what was under the Sphinx shows up first in the 19th century. (AFAIK) - besides just general thoughts of treasures - the Sphinx shows signs of having been dug into in the past.

Surely if they discovered something under the Sphinx it would boost world Egyptian interest & tourism many times beyond what it is now - I see no reason for authorities to hide a find.

I assume the reason that they will not allow people to start digging under a most cherished monument is the damage it may cause - I remember recently that the Sphinx went through a huge restoration exercise when it was literally falling apart due to pollution and other external factors.

Can anybody attest for the geology in Giza - If memory serves me correct - there is a pocketed limestone base - which has many deep natural caves and chambers? I do remember the Discovery Channel show where they did sonar pinging and do find several cavities below the Sphinx, but apparently this is common in the surrounding area.

The Sphinx is built/cut out of limestone. The limestone on which it sits is like, limestone everywhere, full of cracks and fissures from water movement

In 1973-4 . . . the first in a series of serious pioneering projects was launched, using ground-penetrating radar and other high-tech remote sensing equipment to locate "anomalies" under the bedrock beneath the Sphinx. These projects were channeled through well-established academic institutions - the Ain Shams University in Cairo and the prestigious Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in the USA.

There was a another search in 1977

In the first one cameras were sent down....and they found normal limestone fissures.

No one is going to excavate under the Sphinx because to do so your going to have to cut thru previously UNCUT limestone, that isn't excavation that mining.

Originally posted by twodee
Hawass has been there for ages, I can remember watching Egyptian documentaries when I was just a kid and he was there, with his Indian Jones style hat

Was he elected or is it a private position?

It's a job.

He works for the Council on Antiquities, and can be fired by them at will.

Harte

Dr. Rufus Red (a friend of mine) told me that when he lived in Egypt and was researching there the hidden compartment under the spjinx was a place that was full of evil and must never be let out. He thought at one point the greys might have been dumping toxic spiritual waste there.