New research and evidence that the Sphinx is thousands of years older
than previously thought
- Contrasts what Egyptologists claim about the Sphinx with historical
accounts and new research including reanalysis of seismic studies and
updates to Schoch's water weathering research and Bauval's Orion
Correlation Theory
- Examines how the Sphinx is contemporaneous with Göbekli Tepe, aligned
with the constellation Leo, and was recarved during the Old Kingdom era
of Egypt
- Reveals that the Sphinx was built during the actual historical Golden
Age of ancient Egypt, the period known in legend as Zep Tepi
No other monument in the world evokes mystery like the Great Sphinx of
Giza. It has survived the harsh climate of Egypt for thousands of years
and will remain long after our own civilization is gone. According to
orthodox Egyptology, the Sphinx was built around 2500 BCE as a memorial
to the pharaoh Khafre. Yet this "fact" has scant to no supportive
evidence. When was the Sphinx really built and, most importantly, why?
In this provocative collaboration from two Egyptology outsiders, Robert
M. Schoch, Ph.D., and Robert Bauval combine their decades of research to
show how the Sphinx is thousands of years older than the conventional
Egyptological timeline and was built by a long forgotten pre-Pharaonic
civilization. They examine the known history of the Sphinx, contrasting
what Egyptologists claim with prominent historical accounts and new
research, including updates to Schoch's geological water weathering
research and reanalysis of seismic studies. Building on Bauval's Orion
Correlation Theory, they investigate the archaeoastronomical alignments
of the monuments of the Giza Plateau and reveal how the pyramids and
Sphinx were built to align with the constellations of Orion and Leo.
Analyzing the evidence for a significantly older construction phase at
Giza and the restoration and recarving of the Sphinx during the Old
Kingdom era, they assert that the Sphinx was first built by an advanced
pre-Pharaonic civilization that existed circa 12,000 years ago on the
Giza Plateau, contemporaneous with the sophisticated Göbekli Tepe
complex.
The authors examine how the monuments at Giza memorialize Zep Tepi, the
Golden Age of legend shown here to be an actual historical time period
from roughly 10,500 BCE through 9700 BCE. Moving us closer to an
understanding of the true age and purpose of the Great Sphinx, Schoch
and Bauval provide evidence of an early high civilization witnessed by
the Great Sphinx before the end of the last ice age.
