The Mysteries of Egypt’s Great Sphinx of Giza

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10. Who built it?
9. What is the Sphinx?
8. How was the Sphinx built?
7. How was the Sphinx used in Ancient Egypt?
6. Why was the Sphinx vandalized in ancient times?
5. Is the human portion of the statue a man or a woman?
4. Who are the Anunnaki and did they build the Sphinx?
3. How has the Sphinx survived for so many thousands of years?
2. Is the Sphinx linked to the constellation known as Orion, the Hunter?
1. Can the Sphinx survive the 21st century?
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[@Solcitse]

Its always struck me as strange when "Ancient Astronaut" theorists consider a stone building and stone statues demonstrate evidence of alien technology when if aliens had made them, they probably would have been made of different materials than ... stone.

[@CommodoreFloopjack78]

Another theory that's been bounced around regarding the Sphinx's identity holds that it was originally constructed as an homage to Anubis and it's head was carved to reflect this (e.g. a jackal), but during the reign of Amenhotep II, he ordered the head be re-fashioned into his likeness. Again, it's one theory amongst many.

[@gentlecaringviolence]

Anubis is the jackal, osirus is a bird

[@Wolfe911]

The big thing is that measurement of the had is disproportionate, however one thought is the continual re-facing, but it also support the story of it being covered up to its head and protecting the body from erosion.

[@ricosuave6898]

Graham Hancock theorizes that it was originally a Lion that looked upon the spot on the horizon that the constellation Leo rises from circa 10,500 BCE. He cites a fair amount of archeoastronomy as well as the environmental history of the region. Read or watch Fingerprints of the Gods for a more detailed explanation.

[@Wolfe911]

Rico Suave the lion is what I heard, but the other details are new to me, and fascinating.

[@ricosuave6898]

@@Wolfe911 The lion would also explain why the human head is so grossly misproportioned to the body; it was carved down from a larger sculpture that had likely been eroded down to something unrecognizable.

[@TheLoxxxton]

Some say the Simon was dug up from the sands of Arabia. Some say the Simon is of unnatural origin. All I know is the Simon has the peculiar ability to be on 50 KZbin channels at once and seems not to have aged at all over the last 10 years. WITCHCRAFT maybe?

[@remo5274]

loxxxton poxxxton Don't be silly. There's no such thing as witchcraft. It's obvious that Simon is one of the reptilian overlords ruling the earth. Of course he doesn't age , that's fake skin over his true reptilian form

[@Cionaoith]

The trouble with figuring out who built anything in Egypt is that the ancient Egyptians enjoyed re-writing and erasing history to the benefit of the pharaoh of the day. Just because a pharaoh claimed to be the one who built a pyramid doesn't mean that he actually built it.

[@RocketNothing]

Yep absolutely right.

[@MoejiiOsmanTV]

Plus the Egyptian empires are thousands upon thousands of years old... I lose things in my house on daily basis or over years.. imagine any texts that actually having proof of who built the pyramids or sphinx surviving over thousands of years and were written on banana leaf papers or material even softer! Nearly impossible but more then likely the great library of Alexandria probably did have those ancient texts but the great fire destroyed almost all of ancient man's knowledge .. We may of lost texts that taught us how to fly who knows wat was lost in the Great Alexandria library. We're lucky the dead sea scrolls even survived & were found by a farmer who could've just burned them as trash

[@kaptainkoala8476]

RocketNothing jo

[@bettymoffett8568]

True

[@wallymcshifty]

Kinda like people are trying to do today.

[@nzr3756]

We should just bury it in the sand, again, to preserve it. Seems the only solution!

[@mafiousbj]

5:10 Geologist here!! Since water is a waaaay more dense fluid than air, the erosive effect is exponentially bigger. Is not even necessary for the climate to be humid, since in most really arid regions (like the Atacama dessert) the erosion caused by rainfall and flash flooding is way more intense than wind erosion even though it happens so rarely, and it dominates the shaping of the landscape. Therefore it can be highly possible than the occasional rainfall would cause more damage to the limestone of the sphinx than the wind, specially so if it's acid rain!

[@magnumcipher4971]

MafiousBJ as such (acid rain) like that which follows super volcanic eruptions and asteroid impacts? Hmmmm.

[@mafiousbj]

@@magnumcipher4971 don't forget smog and pollution! (From modern sources). Although as you say volcanic eruptions (sulfur expulsion into the air) and other natural phenomenoms such as forest fires and lightning storms can cause acid rain. Let's just throw a crazy theory on how the volcanic eruption and earthquake that destroyed Atlantis and parted the Red Sea left their mark on the Sphinx with acid rain. That should be watermouthing for conspiracy theorists ;)

[@Lawliet734]

@MafiousBJ "...Atacama dessert [desert]...it -can be- is highly possible -than- the occasional rainfall...specially [especially] -so- if it's acid rain!" What kind of "geologist" doesn't know how to spell desert/dessert?

[@mafiousbj]

@@Lawliet734 a geologist who doesn't have english as first language and couldn't be bothered to spell check his youtube comment :)

[@Lawliet734]

@@mafiousbj Do you always use ESL as your excuse or only this time?

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

The original head was most likely that of a falcon. Many hieroglyphs refer to different aspects of the Ra-Horus deity, which call it Horemakhet (Horus in the horizon), and Horakhty (Horus the dweller in the horizon) among other variations. The considerably 'cleaner' condition of the head to that of the body despite it being weathered for the entire time the body was submerged by sand indicates two things very strongly, that it was renovated, and the head reshaped (disproportionately) in the time of (possibly) Khufu. Were it Khufu who instigated the renovation, then that would place the sphinx relatively early dynastically speaking. Khufu was only the third generation after the very first pyramid builders, and (if you go by the accepted chronology) part of the first wave of builders, the ONLY builders to construct massive, massive pyramids of incredible accuracy and construction techniques. Every pyramid after the initial wave is dramatically lower in quality, and Egyptian culture rapidly moved to building temple complexes and underground cemetery complexes instead. connected to the last point. If Khufu renovated the head, leaving the highly weathered body, that proves incontrovertibly that the body was already weathered so very early in Egyptian dynastic history. Here's something you, and many others don't notice. The weathered enclosure walls, cut at the same time as the body, are cut unevenly. The highly weathered southern wall is cut at an angle, and lays underneath the causeway which leads directly to the complex beneath 'Khafre's' pyramid. This would suggest that it was cut (and the sphinx carved) AFTER the causeway was constructed, and yet still during the period in which Egypt had regular and temperate rainfall. This places the 'great' pyramids and sphinx far earlier than everything which followed.

[@FranciscoSciaraffia]

There has to be so much stuff buried under the sands of Africa...

[@dafttool]

Evigmae VonBenerot There is. There is

[@norml.hugh-mann]

Especially more sand

[@mangrove]

The Sphinx lost its nose as it delved deeper and deeper into the Dark Arts.

[@user-hd3km5ze8m]

😂😂🤣

[@kermut]

I can’t believe there were never any sarcophagi found in the Great Pyramids. And the Great Pyramids and Sphinx aren’t mentioned or shown in any Egyptian hieroglyphics, makes you think we don’t know as much as we believe.

[@kermut]

@Karla Kirkpatrick That's the huge black stone one right? I always assumed it wasn't a sarcophagus due to how it's attached to the floor and A LOT bigger than the typical sarcophagus.

[@hashtag415]

How does it smell without a nose? * *it absolutely SPHINX!!*

[@Agent-Strawman]

That was so bad, it's wonderful. Thank you.

[@Erin-Thor]

👃🏻

[@corrinnaangel]

Agent Strawman lmfao! I know rt!?

[@treborironwolfe978]

It smells through its sphinxter, just like the rest of us.

[@elias_xp95]

Hi dad

[@katiesimmons97ks]

Can I just say how amazing the captions are? Great commentary in the captions, makes me enjoy the videos that much more. Thanks!!

[@jessicaseyfried7888]

Thank you Simon and staff. Your work is appreciated 🍁🍂

[@jackmason5278]

The pieces of beard found between the sphinx's paws have no bearing on its gender. I have heard that pharaohs were clean-shaven, and that pharaohs OF BOTH SEXES sported artificial beards.

[@andreahughes5042]

Not exactly true, the ones that couldn't grow beards sported fake ones. It held "power" or something like that.

[@Bitchslapper316]

I heard the females had real beards

[@andreahughes5042]

@@Bitchslapper316 lol no not at all. They sported fake beards and the males that couldn't grow beards sported fake beards. Something to do about beard equals power or something like that.

[@IrishMike22]

Well that solves it.

[@IrishMike22]

@@Bitchslapper316 some of them still do. Ever been to Egypt?

[@drewdurant3835]

Simon, in my opinion you are the best KZbinr on the platform. The amount of work you and your team do is phenomenal and we all appreciate it ever so much.

[@IETCHX69]

So so true .

[@acohen3951]

These videos are to me, at least, very informative and interesting. Thank you for uploading for the rest of us to enjoy !

[@FlowConsciously]

The researcher and script wrote for this channel, and you in general Simon, are AMAZING! You too Simon, but come on - fear guys are AMAZING!

[@joyouknow5385]

Didn't geologist confirm that the sphinx is far older due to its weatherization patterns? And so called Egyptologists ignore the data because they can't find the remnants of who built it?

[@izzojoseph2]

ジョ or Jo you know ~ I think that’s correct.

[@acetate909]

They haven't confirmed it but there is strong evidence that suggests water erosion occurred on and around the sphinx. Advocates of the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis believe that an ancient civilization built the pyramids before they were wiped out. A recently discovered massive impact site in Greenland, dated to around 12,000 years ago, may be the smoking gun that proves this hypothesis. I don't have strong opinions either way but people who dismiss the Younger Dryas hypothesis should remember that many in academia dismissed the dinosaur asteroid extinction hypothesis right up until the Chicxulub crater was discovered.

[@rikosaikawa9024]

no they dated the walls surrounding the sphinx not the sphinx itself

[@garrettbrace6778]

@@rikosaikawa9024 yes that's because the Sphinx has been restored numerous times all the way back to the time period it was supposedly built.when the walls of the encloser are original and were cut out to make the Sphinx. Something made of stone stone in that arrid climate shouldn't need to be restored right after being made

[@elias_xp95]

The Sphynx is from Ancient Egypt, the Ancient Egypt that came before the Ancient Egypt we are taught about if you know what I mean, the older Ancient Egypt that came before the Pharaohs.

[@Ruby321123]

I am definitely not an Egyptologist, however, it makes sound religious sense to invoke some sort of guardian to protect the tombs, and the building of the physical body of the sphinx could be seen as doing just that via some form of sympathetic magic (or magick, if you prefer.) That's what I always assumed the Sphinx was, at least. Like a posted gargoyle or a painted cross upon one's door, it appears protective, and makes people question what else to expect beyond this point - albeit in a far more grandiose fashion than most. But, like I said - just an idea.

[@khukri_wielderxxx1962]

7:32 Actually, it is mentioned in the Old Testament. Isaiah 19:19 "In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD." This is in reference to the Great Pyramid, as at the time of it's history Egypt was in a civil war between upper and lower Egypt, and the pyramid was located near the center of the kingdom, so it's located in the midst of it. Also, it was located at Giza, meaning "border," so it also at the border thereof. It, and possibly the Sphinx, are the only structures in Egypt that fit the description.

[@Danster547]

Nah I call bs on this one. All this Bible talk has my mind in knots.

[@khukri_wielderxxx1962]

@@Danster547 It helps to read it

[@BMoney8600]

That is super cool

[@SwissSareth]

We all know why the sphinx is missing its nose... Obelix!

[@JA-eq5um]

Dumb

[@s.ngiardes5321]

Hmmm...what does Obelix mean?

[@s.ngiardes5321]

Oh I just looked it up. I get it now. That's funny!!! 😂😂😂

[@ladydiamondprisca]

I used to watch "Astérix et Obélix" as a little girl. 🤣 Such fun memories....

[@BoereViking]

By tutartise!!

[@pickel668]

Awesome Sauce . I love all the stuff you put out. I dig all channel

[@KEVMAN7987]

Supposedly, the treasure room beneath the Sphinx contains a ZPM.

[@glow4200]

😂😂😂

[@ZOOMPZ00mp]

Ps4HD

[@j-bob_oreo]

relax daniel and/or rodney

[@DreaKisting]

Unexpected SG

[@willfullaltruist6223]

ZPM?

[@dafttool]

The rainfall erosion argument is the correct one. The official timeline is wrong, & much too abbreviated. The Sphinx is one of our oldest structures, & is closer to 10,000 yrs old than 5,000, back when the Sahara had monsoon rains. Every so many thousands of years, the Earth’s wobble alters the rain patterns. The Sahara was full of lakes & rivers & marshes. And presumably will be again once the wobble happens again. Underneath the Sahara, they’ve discovered a massive water reservoir in the deep aquifer.

[@MarkusDarkscribe]

In other words, no one knows, or will admit anything about anything.

[@Erin-Thor]

Correction, ‘No one nose.’ 😁

[@elias_xp95]

There is probably more hidden chambers the Egyptian officials are hiding. One was discovered by lidar and they only recently admitted to it's existence but they refused archaeological exploration of it. The door remains sealed to this day.

[@patg9754]

@@elias_xp95 yeah, zawi hawass or whatever his name is, is a douchebag.

[@gobnaitaine2791]

@@patg9754 Why does everyone dislike him in the comments? Is he that bad? Can you elaborate? 🤔

[@melvinshelton8448]

Satin Perfume. Why is Dr. Hawass hated? I have seen him on camera in many of his TV and video appearances. I am a physician. I noticed that everytime I saw him, I always wondered whether he was angry, or if his hearing might be impaired. Once, while he was on camera, I saw one of his young female undergrad or grad students, maybe 24 years old, try to ask him for help. Her husband, who was not with her at the dig, was furious with her. He was demanding that she come home immediately. Dr.Hawass refused to give her permission to go; it was clear that she should get back to work. She began to plead with him. He interrupted her, shouting at her to follow his orders, and to divorce her husband. He reduced the poor girl to open sobs in front of everyone within hearing. That was really all I needed to see of Dr. Hawass.

[@joeblackwolf17]

Great video!!!!

[@MrSnowMen]

Just make a copy of it, put sand back over it so it does not erode any more, put the copy about 100 feet infront of the old one, that would protect it and still give the visitors something to look at... My fee, oh, just a few quid for a beer to be sent to TopTenz.

[@martynbealing79]

That was excellent, thanks very interesting 😀

[@TonyToneFixMyPhone]

WE NEED MORE OF THESE VIDEOS MAN. COME ON !!!!

[@Reklaimart]

Why can't they build a dome/ large warehouse around it to protect it from weather and pollution to preserve it?

[@WolvenSpectre]

supposedly they would have to recreate the arid conditions inside, purify the air, and keep it at a certain temperature. This would mean an insulated large and expensive structure to maintain and there is allot of worry about adding a building like that ruining the tourism attraction of the area, not to mention the building would have to have that taken into account as well. Add in political and economical issues in Egypt in recent decades it hasn't been seen as a priority. At least that was the explanation I saw in a video.

[@altashheth451]

@@WolvenSpectre Pretty much what I've heard. It is possible, but it would take tens of billions of dollars and years of work. The Sphinx may not have those years. In the short term, my guess they'll is have to find a way to coat it in a type of lacquer or sealant that will keep it together long enough without causing further damage to find a more permanent solution.

[@elias_xp95]

Nothing lasts forever, and that's okay. We have records, we should be allowed to actually explore it but the Egyptian officials deny any meaningful acheological exploration of it. There is an entire room that they denied the existed off until lidar forced them to acknowledge it. It still hasn't been explored because they won't let anyone in!

[@Danster547]

Britbong yeah. They dumb :(

[@zacharypelphrey6166]

Bec. No one wants to spend that kind of money knowing they would never get there investment back. Money which doesn’t cure every problem, but definitely the majority of problems.

[@patg9754]

Highly recommend people check out Graham Hancock and Randle Carlson amongst others. Sphinx is very possibly way older than we think. The water erosion is undeniable.

[@joshuabates7424]

Fascinating! I wonder what it looked like newly finished! OMG!

[@djfelix2429]

I wish my history teacher was as interesting as Simon.

[@remconet]

Really?? I can't stand his newscaster voice with those weird breaths in between sentences.

[@Bitchslapper316]

Saying that air polution from Cairo is causing the sphinx to fall apart seems a bit silly. While the poulution may play a small role, It is also obvious that it was protected from moisture and weathering for countless centuries because it was burried under the sand and now it is exposed to the elements again.

[@peroz1000]

That was a really well written episode!

[@13thcentury]

It was built by two blokes from the East End... hence Geezer

[@IETCHX69]

SWISH. DID it hurt ? When you fell down the stairs ? Wearing armor ?

[@elias_xp95]

Peer amid geezer

[@thebrocialist8300]

It has the hair due of me nan!

[@DecosonicDarstardlyTV]

this is both incredibly amazing and dumb

[@dafttool]

This is the second time you’ve mentioned the Anunnaki. (Keep digging. You could do a whole episode) They gave their story to the Ancient Sumerians, a story which forms the basis for numerous mythologies & religions, including the 3 Abrahamic ones. They also say they gave us pretty much everything the Sumerians are given credit for, from our laws, to our beer. They also knew that the earth revolved around the Sun, and knew of our Solar System of planets, & even the Asteroid Belt (which they called the Hammered Bracelet). It took thousands of years before all of this was relearned or rediscovered.

[@tattooedchick14]

There are more years between Cleopatra and the pyramids than her time and today. 🤯

[@Jillworrell22]

It's funny cause its her family dynasty that destroyed hieroglyphics. A language spoken 2500 years. Her greek family appointed by Alexander the great married into the population. They out lawed the native language, got rid of scribes and only royalty could read and write for like ever....the native language died out. By the time she came into power nobody could even read the language. Her family had changed everything so much it was forgotten. It also explains why Egyptian depictions also appeared lighter skin...they were mixed with roman/greek population and the middle east with the waring ottoman empire and Romans...class of culture a lot of the ancient history we know are from what we dig up and the relevant writings from old historians and philosophers

[@devinfox1348]

@@Jillworrell22 I'm so

[@zeeegeee]

That is a temporary fact

[@serveaux]

Pizza Hut!

[@Vishanti]

There's no sane person who would look at the erosion on the Sphinx and think "that wasn't caused by water." It's the most blatant example of water erosion in that entire region.

[@elias_xp95]

Recent scientific research has proven that the entire region of the Saharan desert was grassland. Back when the Congo was much smaller.

[@ManicRay]

A-noon-akee?!?! I have never heard it pronounced like that before lol

[@Danster547]

It’s British

[@nissen4700]

No it is wrong, he probably never heard the name before so he read it as he thought it should sound like.

[@ManicRay]

@@Danster547 I'm British and I've never heard it pronounced like that before :P

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

The Sphinx walks like an Egyptian

[@IETCHX69]

On the upside , you drop yer drink , they bring you more .

[@simplyhuman3982]

What? That's such a dumb remark. I'm annoyed that you have any likes for that remark. Guess it only shows human ignorance.

[@darreljones8645]

#1 is probably the most important question.

[@digitalninja85]

I really curious what that is below the right ear 15:35 It looks like a doorway or opening that has been plugged with another boulder. Its not compatible with erosion, that's for sure.

[@dylanwicklund5129]

The cool thing about the sphinx is that its probably been their for millions of years as under the man made parts is a big rock that does sorta look like a lion so when the ancient Egyptians first came to the area they seen this big maybe even giant to them but it was just a simple rock back then now its covered in bricks and what not but strip all that away and you will get to see what they did before it was built and its still amazing

[@dylanwickund9109]

No was rainy and flooded alot the nile came very close to the sphynx and had crops growing all around

[@vincevecchio]

My hero

[@itwasalladream7134]

Graham Hancock and Anthony West

[@13thcentury]

And Alan Alford, he eventually saw Hancocks view

[@ashleyhyatt6319]

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings..."

[@KEVMAN7987]

"Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

[@iamejify]

Kevin Gomolchak please despair oh go on il be your friend,that’s the line that lets the others. Down

[@tokivikerness8863]

Ahhh yes Lord of the rings was awesome.

[@ashleyhyatt6319]

@@tokivikerness8863 ?

[@acedragon1456]

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,

[@dylanwickund9109]

There was also a head dress fixed to the top of the sphynxs head and only the hole is left and proof for this come from other sphynx carvings and there maybe a second sphynx aswell

[@jaredmn8580]

What if it has no meaning and they just built it because they were bored?

[@masterrserch3971]

Lol...i always thought/read/heard Annunaki as "ah-new-NAH-kee".... not "uhnewnuh-kee".... is either pronunciation accepted? Like americans vs Brits and the pronunciation of ALUMINUM

[@IETCHX69]

Canadian here . It WAS Aluminium . But a mistake in spelling on a letter or summat silly efd it up .

[@masterrserch3971]

@@IETCHX69 boom

[@ManicRay]

I am from the UK and have never heard it pronounced like that. I had to laugh a bit at the pronunciation A-noon-akee lol

[@masterrserch3971]

@@ManicRay haha yeah, at first i just made the "correction," but then i edited ti ask, since i wouldn't know cuz i never even been overseas at all from here in NYC

[@struckfire3337]

Also ad-vert'is-ment advertisement

[@melkshamgrrr1]

There are many statues and idols of Egyptian rulers without noses. I have read somewhere that the nose was removed to prevent the deceased king from breathing in the afterlife.

[@gizmonomono]

Zahi Hawaas is only interested in saving Zahi Hawaas. Whenever someone mentions him as any kind of source they loose a lot of credibility.

[@markhalver3391]

lol it's very true, I mentioned in another post that egyptologists are not looking to investigate anything and in fact it seems their most important job is to shut down any actual investigations.

[@ahmadghosheh3104]

I have a totally unproven theory. With all those wonders around the world we either have way underestimated the advancement of ancient man kind or we are not the first evolution or creation (Pick one) on this planet.

[@clbcl5]

Watching Ancient Aliens and Stargate SG 1 will give you much different pronunciation of the Egyptian kings.

[@shebbs1]

Yeah, I wouldn't take Hollywood pronunciations as necessarily correct.

[@Mattpro-jv2uu]

Hooray beer!!!

[@lvxmagick9560]

Why dont they build a structure around it of glass to preserve it?

[@bigkilla2608]

The Sphinx enclosure proves that it was built when there was frequent rainfall which hasn't happened since 10,000 BC

[@Chef_PC]

This was sort of a downer video at the end. Damn, Simon, Hit me right in the old feeler.

[@TonyToneFixMyPhone]

*MORE !*

[@monot00nz]

"A-noon-a-key" 🤣

[@frank5d]

Had to stop and search comments 😂😭

[@mercator79]

Anyone else want to hear Simon talk of Guy's Geyser in Giza?

[@eddieclark1022]

Sphinx on the hill at the 4:50 mark?

[@idontlikethiswedbettergo5888]

I doubts it’s rain water damage. It’s more like to be rain water which seeps into the rock and the water close to the outer surface of the rocks can freeze overnight in the desert, this over time makes the outer surface of the rocks degrade.

[@altashheth451]

In regards to the water erosion theory, water can erode rock surprisingly quickly. A overly massive flood that only happened once could cause enough damage to leave erosion marks. Now, it's not at all likely, but not impossible. Also, the desert sands shift about much like water thanks to high winds, so perhaps it could cause similar erosion patterns. Now, I'm no expert, but I've read and watched a lot about the Sphinx. My unprofessional guess is that limestone is very absorbent; any ambient water vapor is going to get sucked up over the centuries, making the stone rather soft and "wet". Add high winds and scouring sands, and boom, erosion similar to known water patterns. As for its appearance, I do think the carving we see today isn't the original, which is why the head is noticeably out of proportion. Whether it was originally a lion head or that of a previous pharaoh, who knows. I think it was further altered from that-- perhaps more than once-- to its present image. Could be why it doesn't look much like Khafre.

[@dylanwickund9109]

Its not a theory that it used to rain alot in ancient egypt if you actually knew anything about that time you would know the nile flowed almost right up to the sphyinx and probabky did during floods and heavy rain which caused the water erosion

[@RBEO22]

I've read it used to be a lion statue, but a human head was carved out of it later.

[@ChainsGoldMask]

Ahhh new naki

[@Wizardbeard91]

What if the area use to be lush and filled with mountains or small mountain like rocks that became the base for the carving of the sphinx and pyramids eventually leading to this lush place being turned arid by being drowned under all of dusted rock that would have been a by product of carving

[@Andrew-ix6ni]

The Sphinx had the face of a jackal until it broke and then turned into a face.

[@ryansampaulesi6234]

1-10: Who knows

[@JokaKarni]

"chemical injection to protect from pollution" yeah ... that sounds likely to help. lol

[@joannivaldi2106]

Botox injections?

[@onandonitgoes5957]

Ancient Egyptians, when trying to discredit or disgrace an individual in their history, would remove the nose of all likenesses, ritually removing the spirits ability to breathe, and removal of the beard was used to strip someone of their royalty, much like stripping a serviceman of his medals or a noble of his lands and titles. This was likely done during a usurpation of Ancient Egypt to discredit an entire royal lineage, (supposedly) legitimizing the current rule. Concurrently all mention of said lineage would have been carved out of all reliefs and chipped off of all painted cartouches. This also was well understood by the populace to act as a taboo, and a moratorium against passing knowledge of these families and individuals to their descendants. My best guess would be the sphinx was defaced during the uniting of the upper and lower kingdoms to legitimize the narrative that the sides were "united" instead of one side forcibly overthrowing the other.

[@meligarrett9197]

The Sphinx represents the zodiac. The head of the woman is Virgo which begins the year. The haunches and tail of the lion is Leo which ends the year. That probably ties into the alignment of the pyramids with Orion’s Belt.

[@watermalone3841]

*Ancient Era Sphinx:* "I'm a Woman!" *Napoleonic Era Sphinx:* "I'm a Man!" *Modern Era Sphinx:* "I'm Genderless!"

[@elias_xp95]

Everyday we stray further from Anubis

[@watermalone3841]

@@elias_xp95 Thanks for the Reply! I Never Heard of Anubis and just did Some Quick KZbin Research on Him! Fascinating Stuff!

[@JA-eq5um]

Simple does it have a innie or an outie

[@watermalone3841]

@@JA-eq5um LOL!!

[@Crazyjn]

Watched about a thousand videos about the Sphinx: Simon makes a video about his take on it; Click...👇🏼

[@FluffyFerretFarm]

Once you establish number 10(who built it?) , and that isn't known, then any information beyond that, 9-1, is just a guess..

[@saradavis2104]

I always thought the sphinx was maybe a statue of Anubis but with a pharaohs face or something.

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

Whilst I can't stand Sitchin, the Annunaki should be pronounced annu-nah-key.

[@thebrocialist8300]

Nah son. It’s ‘A-New-Nikes’

[@TheoriginalTHX007]

Hmm when explaining the strata you show a sphinx like formation from another country. Also the nose is broken on nearly all ancient Egyptian statues of rulers. To release their soul or prevent the soul of the ruler being trapped upon their death

[@chrisroser8469]

The body size in comparison to the head is not proportional, this noticeable size difference tells us this is not the original bust. Yet everywhere you look carvings and statues are in great detail and proportional in size. Highly doubt this size difference would be allowed to stay.

[@catman8965]

Interesting, @04:51 isn't the Sphinx.

[@Ridgeback-]

I did it all for the Annunaki.

[@savethedandelions]

if the ancient egyptians could build a sphinx, can't the modern egyptians build a protective dome around it?

[@Mizmoon2020]

nurvsy you’ve never been to the hellhole that is Cairo - Giza is right outside the city they just never photograph it so people can see that. The Egyptians have done nothing useful since the pharaonic era.

[@simplyhuman3982]

Lol. You think that they kept on with the tech. How cute. Catastrophes tend to set you back a bit.

[@nesbin]

I don't think that graphic of Napoleon looking at the Sphinx was an actual photograph.

[@rshiell3]

Encase the whole thing in a foot thick layer of clear plastic. That'll stop the decay, pdq.

[@izzojoseph2]

Didn’t Egyptian men wear makeup in their day?

[@13thcentury]

Yes

[@christelheadington1136]

Black eyeliner,at any rate. It was worn to fight the glare of the sun, much like athletes or soldiers put under their eyes now days.

[@izzojoseph2]

Skippy The Wonder Weasel ~ wait. What?

[@izzojoseph2]

Christel Headington ~ I knew both sexes waxed and thought I remembered eye and lip paint. Y’all confirmed it.

[@Russo-Delenda-Est]

False beards were worn by female pharaohs, some female gods might as well.

[@rickysteven1990]

It was built in shape of a lion to show the direction of when it was built. Leo for the constellation. 10,000-14,000 years ago.

[@Dude-tv6cj]

The rise and fall of “Vampires”??!

[@RunD.Ones1s]

The Sphinx 100% predates the pyramids by thousands of years, anyone who calls that a “fringe” theory is ignorant

[@kyleeconrad]

Simon, I would looooove to listen to your do audio book narration. I could almost care less what you read to me.

[@cromo6132]

Maybe the mistey of the Sphinx will be revealed once it crumbles to nothing. A capsule waiting to be revrealed once the time is right.

[@TubeRudeYou]

It's interesting, how we perceive the ancient. I mean, we could build a pyramid, now, if we wanted to. A huge pyramid, massive. In our own time, we would see and understand why it was built, of course, we would have our own perceptions of it. Vanity, being the main perception, I think. But, after time had obscured all of the obvious reasons, people thousands of years in the future would wonder, and wonder, why was it built? Reminds me of an Indiana Jones quote, "Take this watch. Ten dollars from a vendor in the street. But I take it and bury it in the sand for a thousand years, it becomes priceless."

[@royledford5673]

Anyone with an even a rudimentary knowledge of Geology recognizes the erosion on the sphinx as rainwater and not wind induced. Look at the erosion on the sphinx ENCLOSURE and this is clearly obvious. Also obvious is that the carving has had some restoration on at least one and possibly more occasions.

[@sarahchaffee415]

Why dont they just build a huge dome over it so that they can control the air and all that

[@dsmasynergy]

If you go to the back of the Sphinx, you will see the Sphinxter. (insert golf clap, I am here every tuesday, try the lasagna)

[@gtubgle]

It's frustrating to know that we will never know it's true history.

[@Black-Sun_Kaiser]

Ann noo nookey. I did it all for the ann noo nookey

[@JennRighter]

Interesting and surprisingly comprehensive theories. I despise the alien theories more than anything in the entire world, but that’s beside the point. What I’m surprised about is not mentioning the various entrances into the Sphinx that were photographed in the 20’s. The pictures are very accessible. It was also in the 20’s that they poured concrete into these multiple entrances, also widely photographed and documented.

[@brandoncook5126]

Alien

[@struckfire3337]

10:35 ah-new-nah-key...... also its 10:58 zack-a-rye-a zecharia sitchin