After Cheops came Khephren (2020 BC.) and built the
second pyramid on Giza Plateau which from one spot appears higher than the
Cheops pyramid, but this is due to it being built over a higher plateau.
The causeway and tomb entrances were always protected
by double sphinxes flanking the entrance. Consequently, there is a great chance
that there was, or is, another sphinx parallel to the one which exists today,
only in very poor condition due to air pollution and underground water erosion.
I here offer my humble theory that there is a second
sphinx, located on the other side of the causeway.
IMAGEM NASA
On the internet, a radar image of
the Giza plateau was downloaded which benefits the Second Theory. The process
was named SIR-C/X-SAR imagery works by NASA. Simply stated, it is a colored
analysis of the different geological layers of the Giza Plateau and its
constructions, those layers which are toward the Southside of the existing
sphinx across the causeway, reflect a yellow signal indicating the existence of
a structure. This radar signal is
normally received in the form of pulses at particular microwave wavelengths in
the range of I cm to I m, which in turn corresponds to a frequency range of
about 300 MHz to 30 GHz and polarizations. The echoes are converted to a
digital data which then is displayed as an image. This image is composed of
many dots or elements of a picture, each represents the radar back scatter for
a particular area on the ground. In our case it is the remaining of the
"Second Sphinx."
I firmly believe its existence is conspicuous beyond
the shadow of a doubt. I believe it lies buried under the sand, its suffocated
and dilapidated remains not rivaling the state of preservation of the existing
sphinx. Perhaps it was not buried throughout time as the existing one, which
aided in its destruction. If we were to calculate its measurements, aided by
newly excavated ruins, we should find it to be 66 feet high, 240 feet long, the
mouth 7 feet 7 inches, the ears 4 feet 6 inches and the nose 5 feet 7 inches.
Exactly the same typical measurements of the existing sphinx. The second sphinx
is mind boggling in its simplicity and common sense.
I here offer you the research
that aided in the discovery of this new theory:
In the Egyptian Museum there is a
stela called the "Inventory Stela", which proves that Cheops saw the
sphinx and it also mentions that lightening struck the tail of the nemes
headdress of the sphinx and destroyed it. To the south the lightening also
burnt a sycamore tree. The area between the sphinx and the tree is empty today
(I believe this is where a second sphinx lays buried), it could have also been
struck by the same lightening causing it great destruction.
The scene symbol of the word "Hill" or mound
and/or pyramidal shaped construction is
or . According to the ancient Egyptian cult which rose up from
Heliopolis (a suburb in northern Cairo today), the god of creation commenced
his deeds from this spot. The Priests of the chief temple of the sun wrote the
basic text which all religious texts came to depend upon. Pyramid texts, sacred
utterances and religious doctrines were al developed from the concept of
creation. The complete one, "Atum" (the high god) rose up as a high
hill like the solar disk. In utterance 600 it says, "O Atum, when you came
into being you rose up as a high hill, you shown as the ben ben stone in the
temple of the phoenix in Heliopolis." The primeval mound (the mound of the
first time) took many forms and shapes, for example, and that is the shape of the so-called
"Mastabah tomb" , also which
is the shape of the step pyramid or any pyramid before it is outer cased with a
smooth layer.
If we return to the Heliopolitan cut, the first two
gods that Atum created were Shu and Tefnut. They were in the form of two lion
cubs. Atum the sun enriched the scene with his light as before he rose up from
the waters of the primordial ocean (called Nun) there was nothing, there was
darkness. So yesterday was darkness. By creating the two lions, Atum became
"one lion and two lions". He became identified with the protective
force that the lion represents. Equally the two lions became associated with
the sun the strong fierce burning power that it is. This makes sense from a
practical point, as astronomy, the zodiac sign, "LEO" always dominates in the summer when Atum, the sun, is
in his best form, able and burning. Also, it is the time of the flooding of the
Nile and from here came the relationship between the lion and fertility. In one
sentence when the lion appears in the sky (as Leo) the black land will be
visited by the water of the flooding to fertilize the green land.(symbolically
, it is the resurrection of the dry land. once the sun sets it begins its
journey of the under world , the voyage from west to east. This is brought
about by the two lions, the one on the west holds the sun between his jaws and
passes it to the second lion situated in the east who pushes it to the sunrise.
The rebirth of the sun needed essentially two lions to accomplish the mighty
divine reappearance . They were called yesterday and today . Ancient Egyptian
artisans and priests always drew and depicted them guarding the two primeval
mounds connected with each other forming the sign of Aket fig7.gif (1205 bytes)
which with the sun in the middle forms the hieroglyphic word for
"horizon" . That is where the shrine of the GOD was situated . The
sun between the two lions flanking the two hills are yesterday and today
waiting to transport the sun with their jaws from the west to east . They were
also responsible for guarding the eastern and western boundaries. .The sun is
heading toward the edge of the world was the same sign in hieroglyphics fig1
which if repeated on the other side fig7 forms the Akh horizon scene . If we
assemble all the previously mentioned information and correlate it with the
historical topographical scene of the Giza Plateau, we will find a wonderful
surprise . A surprise , who's positive fascination with the truth I hate being
away from . If you stand today facing the sphinx there are behind it the three
pyramids of ,(from right to left ), khufu (Cheops), KHA-F-RA (Chephren), Min-kaw-ra (Mycerinus) you will be able, with
no difficulty to identify the following:
Two hills or pyramidal shaped constructions, similar
in height and size and connected by a land valley. So it must be the two
pyramids of khufu and kha-f-ra , as the height of khufu is 146 meters while
kha-f-ra is 143,5 meters high, almost identical in height . If we measure the
side of these two pyramids we find Khufu to be 230 meters and Kha-f-ra is 214.5
meters. Bearing in mind the weathering and erosion, these two pyramids could
easily, from a distance be alike in everything including size . Respecting the
fact that you cannot appreciate the similarity and resemblance unless from a
distance. The perfect spot for this is facing the existing sphinx.
A bird s eye view of the second pyramid complex will
confirm that the causeway coming from the mortuary temple to the valley temple
had to diverge its path to the south to avoid the already existing sphinx. The
causeway ends in the valley temple, opening into its north side, not into its
middle, as usual. The workers were trying to avoid another sacred untouchable
statue on the south side, which is the vanished sphinx. If we consider the
sphinx temple and the valley temple. We can deduct that both temples are
similar in design, height, square weathering, erosion and time destruction.
This suggests that it was one temple dedicated to the belief of the Horizon,
the shrine of the God. When the vestibule came, it divided it into two equal
temples, each one dedicated to one lion of Ruti, which is according to Ani's
papyrus, meaning yesterday and today. Bear in mind that the pink granite which
walled up some parts of the valley temple took place later in time, decades
after the temple construction. This fact is proven beyond a shadow of a doubt
when you notice how the granite is embedded in the cavities caused by time and
weathering. So, if there are two mounds, two temples denoting the two boundary
edges of the world on the east and west and two shrines of the god (sphinx
temple) and one temple is protested by a recumbent lion sphinx, why then is the
second shrine of the god (valley temple) not protected and guarded by having a
sphinx behind it? Why ? Remember Atum, the sun appears between the two pyramids
on a certain day with a certain angle. The "Aker" scene depends, in
addition to its religious connotation, on its artistic harmony and a very
symmetrical nature. If you draw a line in the middle, it works like a mirror
reflection. "Aker" is often depicted as two lions bodies with human
heads (similar to the head of the sphinx) opposite each other or with lion
heads which is what I think the sphinx was before it was re-carved into the
head of a pharaoh. This would explain why the human head of the sphinx is small
in comparison to the body of the lion. Ancient Egyptians never would fall into
such a native mistake of ratio and proportion. I believe it was harmonically
correct with the body size originally and later carved into the head of a human
(the pharaoh).
Religious texts say, "Hail, Atum I am the double lion." , Also "The accustomed
offering cake is still yours, O Atum and double lion! You two that have created your own divine selves and
powers! This is Shu and Tefnut, the pair who engendered the
gods and put them in their proper places". The double lion is a
manifestation of Shu and Tefnut. There are, I believe, two sphinxes of Giza, one on each side of the
causeway.
The ancient Egyptians never protected one entrance, or
any sacred temple or tomb, from one side only. That would be against:
The common sense of the idea of protection.
The double lion theory of RUTI
One side of the shrine of Atum would be exposed to
danger.
The two lions who are symbolic of yesterday and today
protecting the pyramid.
If only one exists that means that the time is not
complete. If there is only today and there is no yesterday the cult is
incomplete. How would he explain the emergence of Atum from the primeval ocean
of Nun in the time of yesterday? Yesterday was dark and when Atum came he
brought light, if there was no darkness (one lion only) then how can light be
appreciated, also, how would we appreciate Atum himself in the cult if he came
with no positive impressive entry. Simply, if there was no yesterday then today
is like any day, not highly special. Moreover, the two lions in the collection
of the "spells of coming forth by day," Reu Nu pert em-hru"
which was wrongly interpreted by Richard Lepsius in 1842, when he published the
Turin Papyrus and gave it the name "The Book Of The Dead", are
symbolic of Osiris and Ra and sometimes Atum. The absence of one of them spells chaos, crisis and a great
disorder. "Mine is yesterday, I know tomorrow".
If the sun critically needs two lions to take it from
the west to east, and as our present day sphinx sits exactly in the border line
between the desert (no life) and vegetation (life), then how will the journey
of the eternal rebirth of the sun be completed and unmistakably accomplished if
there is only one lion? who will take care of its transportation from the west
to the aim?. Reaching the target of the resurrection of the sun is impossible,
unless there are two lions.
The two sides, profile lions flanking the "Aket" horizon are the two
sphinxes behind the sphinx temple symbolizing the western boundary and the
valley temple symbolizing the eastern boundary, where the sun will be
resurrected just as the land turns green in the valley due to the rich Nile
flooding. The ancient Egyptian artists believed in the profile and seldom used
the full face. So, if we full face the two lions of the scene, illustrating the
theory, you will see exactly two lions flanking the causeway dividing the one
temple into two for the cut purposes. In the background two pyramids,
Kha-f-re's pyramid base is carved from the bed rock to give us the scene of the
primeval mound then the solar disk comes
between to complete the immaculate the scene of the "Reu No pert
emhru", "Spells of the coming forth by day" which was we know
depends on the coffin texts which in turn came originally from the pyramid
texts. If you notice in ancient Egyptian art, it always depends on the harmony
between the ratio and the proportion of the scene. The forms must be symmetrical.
The final result which is produced after a great effort and combining forces of
the priests to select a special text, the artist in development of the
accompanying scene to fit it must be harmonious. In the case of repetition it
means multiplicity. For example, if there is Isis as a falcon on one side of
the scene, parallel to it, equal in size and perfectly similar but for the head
crown which distinguishes between one deity and the other, is the second Isis.
In sculpture, always a double dogma dominated the religious construction. The
double avenue of ram headed sphinxes of Ramses II in Karnak or that of the
human headed sphinxes of Necta Nebo in Luxor temple. Two seated statues flank
the entrances of temple. One side is always equal to the other. Thus, far no
excavation has shown us otherwise.
In conclusion, the existence of a second sphinx on the
other side of the causeway is conspicuous beyound the shadow of a doubt.
Finally, without question, the remains of the second sphinx are still there buried
under the sand, its suffocating dilapidated remains may not rival the state of
preservation of the existing one, but I believe it does exist.
Sculpture reached its apex during Khephren's reign, when the best example of an idealistic royal
statue came to light. Khephren's statue is composed of black diorite
(hieroglyphic: meant coming from the quarries of Tushqa) veined with white and
it was found in the temple if his pyramid . The clear-cut features, and square
shoulders are complemented by the eyes gazing into eternity. The statue is
wearing the Nemes,the royal headdress, and shendid, the royal apron and the
royal false beared. There are two lions flanking the king's legs. On both sides
of the throne there are representations of the union of Upper and lower Egypt,
the binding of the lotus and Papyrus (this was called Sematawy).
The cartouch of khephren is clear Ka-f-Ra. The neck of
the statue is reinforced with a statue of Horus,
the Falcon God, also completing the holy triad, the throne, the pharaoh and the
God. This triad enabled us to learn about Egyptian Mythology. In the Heliopolis
cult there were nine Gods and Goddesses. They were Atum, creator of the
universe, Shu the god of air, Tefnut geb the earth god, Nut the sky goddess, Osiris,
Isis, Set and Nyphtyes.. They
imagined that in the beginning the universe was filed with a primordial ocean
called Nun, which had no surface, its waters were motionless and stagnant. The
priests claimed that their temple stood on the site of this primeval ocean over
a hill rising out of Nun. The golden age for this Universe was when the gods
actually lived on earth and had their kingdom there, where justice reigned over
the land and was now maintained by their successor and pharaoh.
In addition to all the proofs I offered in my second
Sphinx theory, I add , here the stela of the dream erected between the two paws
of the lion part of the existing Sphinx. At the top register we found Tutmosis IV is depicted twice offering
to two Sphinxes. This is not one scene repeated in a mirror reflecting
impression like other various scenery. The reasons why I believe that Pharaoh
here is offering to two sphinxes are:
He is wearing different crowns one is the
"Kheprish" blue crown of war and courage, in the other scene he is
wearing the "Nemes" royal headdress. So, he is in two different social status assured by 2 different
royal regalia.
He is offering two different sets of libations and
homage in each scene. Tutmosis IV is treating each Sphinx separately and not in
the same manner.
We conclude that the
Egyptian history is still offering us more challenges. Egypt is the future of
the past.
By its original author Bassam El
Shammaa
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