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The Sphinx of Giza is the largest and oldest hewn statue in the
world. It is 57
metres long, 6 to 8 metres wide and almost twenty
metres high. It was constructed by removing limestone rock around the statue. As
a result, the base of the figure is below ground level. The head consists of
limestone harder than that of the body. The head is too small to be in
proportion to the mass of the body, which fuels the suspicion that this was a
later modelling of an initially larger lion's head.
Because the Sphinx is in a pit - which fills with sand in less than
70 years if not constantly cleared - the Sphinx has spent the largest part of
its existence under sand with only its head protruding. Nevertheless, the body has eroded, even under the lining of
stone blocks which were already introduced during the time of Chephren.
Therefore, the Sphinx must be older than the pyramids. Another indication of
this is the vertical erosion marks which could probably only have been caused by
water (see ref. West). And for a
wet climate we must look back to at least 6000 BC. In my book "Verborgen geheimen van de mensheid, I-Ch 10" an
entirely different
erosion mechanism than the one thought to be responsible is
explained which could make the Sphinx older than we think.
The Sphinx seems to look to the far horizon, as if it is waiting for
someone to come. Remarkably, that point on the horizon is precisely the point
where, in 10500 BC, the constellation of
the Lion appeared above the horizon at the moment of the solstice. Could the
Sphinx indeed be that old? If so, then the pyramid of Chephren must be just
as old because the ‘Procession road’ runs straight along the pit of the Sphinx
to that pyramid.
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| HAMMERING
OF HARD STONE |
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| SAWING
IN HARD STONE |
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| DRILLING
IN HARD STONE |
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| MILLING
OF HARD STONE |
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| TURNING
OF HARD ROCK |
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| PLASTER
LAYER ON HARD STONE |
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| SMOOTHING
OF HARD STONE |
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| POLISHING
OF HARD STONE |
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| TRANSPORTING
MEGALITHS |
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| SEAMLESS
JOINTS BETWEEN STONES |
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| SEAMLESS
JOINTS BETWEEN MEGALITHS |
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| SOFTENING HARD STONE |
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| MELTING
OF HARD STONE |
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| TRANSATLANTIC
CONTACTS |
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