Debunking 5 Myths the Internet Told You about the Great Sphinx at Giza
Channel: Gates of Osiris
Date: 2019-03-12

The internet loves to speculate on the true origins of the Sphinx. This leads to conspiracy theories on government coverups of secret tunnels and hidden chambers under the Sphinx, 12,000 year old lost civilizations, and the elevation of Robert Schoch and his famous Water Erosion Hypothesis to god-like status. Let's debunk the 5 most popular myths about the Great Sphinx of Giza the internet won't let die. Links to sources below.

General info about the Sphinx

Mark Lehner’s 500+ page dissertation on the Archaeology of the Sphinx (1991): http://gizamedia.rc.fas.harvard.edu/documents/lehner_diss_1991.pdf  ;  Sphinx Mapping Digital Database : https://www.arce.org/project/sphinx-mapping-digital-database  ;  Ancient Egypt Research Associates, The Sphinx Project: http://www.aeraweb.org/projects/sphinx/  ;  Info on the history of restorations of the Sphinx: http://www.gizapyramids.org/static/pdf%20library/hawass_sphinx.pdf

Links about scans of the Sphinx

PBS Q&A discussing remote sensing surveys with Lehner and Hawass: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/mail/responses970210.html  ;  Waseda Survey Results 1987: http://www.egyptpro.sci.waseda.ac.jp/pdf%20files/Modern%20Technology%20at%20the%20Giza%20Necropolis.pdf 

Passages in the Sphinx

Article on passages of Sphinx: http://www.gizapyramids.org/static/pdf%20library/hawass_lehner_fs_leclant.pdf  ;  Video on drilling under the Sphinx: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qGzfZHWbZE  ;  Hawass responding to rumors about chambers under the Sphinx: http://www.xinhuanet.com//english/2017-10/13/c_136677881.htm  ;  Summary of some points about the Hall of Records by everyone’s favorite metaphysical site, Crystalinks: http://www.crystalinks.com/hallofrecords.html

Links on the head being recarved

Robert Schoch and his theory the Sphinx was a lioness recarved into a human: https://www.robertschoch.com/mehit.html  ;  Mark Lehner on the Sphinx’s Proportions in an AMA on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/atig51/im_mark_lehner_an_egyptologist_of_over_40_years/eh1ggw9/  ;  Reconstructing the Sphinx: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rX1taEE5BNpqaLzgTdZudlToGxIfoN8X/view?usp=sharing  ;  Lehner’s full reddit AMA here: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/atig51/im_mark_lehner_an_egyptologist_of_over_40_years/

Links on the weathering of the Sphinx

Extensive analysis of haloclasty weathering on Sphinx: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XY0Oqf97EMBoB1bhJ2p5XxdtSPsv2Cm0/view?usp=sharing  ;  Schoch’s Original Article about Water Erosion Hypothesis: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BHTuMOWLINOVOx1RYkD1Z6w2jwtdYv6A  ;  Seismic Data Analysis by Schoch and Dobecki: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mRlL8nTL5YOCq-FTnkLyMYaum8IOiq0w/view?usp=sharing  ;  Mark Lehner’s Initial Response to Schoch: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1li_JU-9BHH4pCQkvkt3fT1Yax_NfSsiO  ;  Schoch’s Response to Lehner’s Critique: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YLJWL-9qZJ6_9yZr8M1iVPrYMbIP9QHB  ;  Gauri’s Rebuttal to Schoch about Weathering Profiles: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1luEC8O_hy-ao8mLZACVz38LTVr6Z79R3/view?usp=sharing  ;  Jorn Christiansen’s Comments on Vertical Weathering: https://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2015/01/the-great-sphinx-of-egypt-nature-s-shabby-chic-trick  ;  Colin Reader’s Response to Schoch: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MY3iKlIZDuNyksd18RGtG8F2TvXgjZ6C

Relevant info to Hancock's constellation theory

Info on the title “Son of Ra”: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/ideology/kingname/sonra.html  ;  Hancock’s arguments about constellations (pg 81): http://www.vielewelten.at/pdf_en/the%20message%20of%20the%20sphinx.pdf  ;  Additional info on ritual/symbolic purposes of Sphinx in article by Zahi Hawass: http://www.gizapyramids.org/static/pdf%20library/hawass_ice_6.2.pdf