00:00We think to know the pyramids of Gizet.
00:03Three giants giants, a massive sphinx and the desert to lose sight.
00:08And then, the researchers find something totally unexpected.
00:11Another sphinx, enfourced under the sand.
00:15A team of Italian scientists think that this structure could be hidden under the Gizet plateau.
00:21They also think that all the area could build a vast complex underground
00:25with the pyramids themselves.
00:28This discovery started with radar scans and satellite images.
00:32The researchers studied very carefully the disposal of the Gizet plateau.
00:37The Great Pyramid, the Pyramid of Kephren, the Pyramid of Mikérinos and the famous sphinx.
00:43Then they noticed something strange.
00:46The lines of the pyramids and the sphinx seem to be pointed towards another high-end zone.
00:52This monticule is enormous, about 33 mètres high.
00:56It's the height of a building of 10 floors.
00:59It seems to be composed mainly of sable durci.
01:02And it's important, because sculpting a giant structure in the rocks would be much more difficult.
01:08Another detail makes this theory even more interesting.
01:12The famous Stelle du Rêve, a large stone stone in front of the Great Sphinx,
01:16shows not not one, but two sphinxes.
01:20For a long time, we thought it was a simple symbolic representation.
01:24But what if it shows something real?
01:27The idea is that the ancient builders would have created two statues guardian giants,
01:32but one of them would have disappeared under the sable.
01:36According to the researchers,
01:37the geometry of the site makes this theory difficult to ignore.
01:41The alignment between the pyramids, the sphinx visible,
01:44and the monticule cachet seems to be an unusual precision.
01:48The patterns are too well to be suitable.
01:52Even if there is no second sphinx,
01:54this could indicate secret chambers,
01:56tunnels,
01:57even a underground city.
01:59For now, it's still a theory.
02:02No one has found the site,
02:03and many archaeologists remain sceptical.
02:07But the scans,
02:09the underground forms and the strange schémas of alignment
02:11push to take this idea seriously.
02:15And the history becomes even more strange.
02:19Old engravings near the Great Sphinx
02:21describe a strange moment of the life of the prince Thutmosis IV.
02:27According to the inscriptions,
02:28the young prince was sleeping in the middle of the sphinx,
02:31then still caught under the sable.
02:34In a dream,
02:35the giant statue would have spoken
02:37and promised him the throne of Egypt,
02:41unless they remove the sable and put it on the day.
02:45This story was carved in the stone
02:47for thousands of years.
02:49Could it contain the indices
02:50that we have missed for centuries?
02:52To obtain more data,
02:54the team has scanned the soil
02:56under the Great Sphinx,
02:57the neighboring pyramids
02:57and the zone reliant the sphinx
03:00to the pyramids of Kefren,
03:01the second largest pyramids of Kizé.
03:05According to the scans,
03:06some structures could exist in depth,
03:09some vertical structures,
03:10some vertical structures,
03:11some vertical structures,
03:12some vertical structures,
03:12some vertical structures,
03:14Some researchers think
03:16that some of these formations
03:17form a vast network
03:21seem to be similar.
03:23The most fascinating
03:24is that the underground structures
03:26seem to be symmetrical.
03:27The hidden structures
03:29are almost perfectly reflected.
03:31This symmetry
03:32is one of the main reasons
03:34for which researchers
03:36think that it is not
03:37a simple geological formation.
03:39The theory itself
03:40is not appeared in any way.
03:42It is more than 10 years,
03:44the Egyptologist Bassam El Shama
03:46had also suggested
03:47that a second sphinx
03:49could exist.
03:51He founded this idea
03:52on documents
03:53and mythes Egyptian
03:55describing the foudre
03:56struck the sphinx.
03:59He thought that these stories
04:00could make reference
04:01to a real monument
04:02who no longer existed,
04:03disappeared because of the time,
04:05of the intempéries
04:06or even of the ancient beliefs.
04:09Most Egyptians
04:11do not accept this idea
04:13and only a small group
04:14of the soutien.
04:15After all,
04:16no doubt
04:16has confirmed
04:17the existence
04:17of a hidden sphinx
04:18or an underground city.
04:21But the scans radar,
04:22the maps
04:23souterrains,
04:24the ancient gravures
04:25and the strange
04:25symmetries
04:26could mean
04:27that we always ignore
04:28what is really
04:30hiding under the pyramids.
04:32At this stage,
04:34the researchers
04:34still attend
04:34the authorization
04:35of Egyptian authorities
04:37to study this mysterious
04:38monticule
04:39of close.
04:40In the meantime,
04:41we know
04:42about the big sphinx
04:44of Gizet,
04:44one of the most ancient monuments
04:46and the most mysterious
04:47of the earth.
04:48The statue
04:49is gigantic.
04:51From his feet
04:51to his head
04:52to his queue,
04:53it measures
04:53about 73 meters,
04:55almost the length
04:56of a football terrain.
04:58It is about 20 meters,
05:00about the height
05:01of a building
05:01of six floors.
05:02And at its point
05:03the largest,
05:04the body
05:05is about 18 meters.
05:07To build it,
05:09the ancient builders
05:09have not replaced
05:10enormous blocks
05:11like for the pyramids.
05:13They have to cut the sphinx
05:14directly into the rocks
05:15under the surface
05:16of the desert.
05:18Over the centuries,
05:20the wind,
05:20the sand
05:21and humidity
05:21have slowly
05:22affected the monument.
05:24The large part
05:25of the sphinx
05:25have been repaired
05:26again and again.
05:28The workers
05:28have added
05:29layers of copper
05:30around the base
05:31to prevent
05:32the structure
05:33of s'effriter.
05:34And then,
05:35there is the neck
05:36missing,
05:36probably the most famous mystery.
05:38Many people think
05:40that the soldiers
05:40of Napoleon
05:41have put it in a cannon
05:42during the Egypt campaign.
05:44But this story is false.
05:46The drawings
05:46made before the arrival
05:48of Napoleon
05:48show already
05:49the sphinx
05:50without his neck.
05:52Interesting.
05:53The researchers
05:53who studied the face
05:54found some marks
05:56suggesting
05:56that someone
05:57deliberately
05:57broke the neck
05:59by using tools
05:59like bars
06:00or scissors.
06:01But no one
06:02knows exactly
06:03who did it
06:04or why.
06:05Most people call
06:07this statue
06:08the sphinx
06:09but technically
06:10it is not even
06:11correct.
06:12The creature
06:12of the Greek mythology
06:13had a lion's head
06:15with a lion's head
06:16of woman's head
06:17and an aile.
06:17But the one of Egypt
06:18is different.
06:20It has a lion's head
06:21human head
06:22and no one
06:23at all.
06:24Technically,
06:25it belongs
06:25to a completely different category.
06:28Even its name
06:29changed over time.
06:30The ancient Egyptians
06:31did not call it
06:32the Grand Sphinx
06:33at the origin.
06:34It is hundreds
06:35of years,
06:35it was associated
06:36with powerful divinities
06:38related to the sun
06:38and the horizon.
06:40The next civilizations
06:41gave him
06:42a completely different names
06:43so that the monument
06:44changed identity
06:46throughout the time.
06:47No one really knows
06:48who built it.
06:49Many experts
06:50think
06:51that the pharaoh
06:51Kefren
06:52ordered his construction
06:53towards 2500
06:55before our era.
06:56Because his pyramids
06:57and his temples
06:57are close.
06:59In addition,
07:00the face
07:01of the Sphinx
07:02looks like his statue.
07:03But there is
07:04a problem.
07:05There is no inscription
07:06directly
07:06that he built it.
07:08So many researchers
07:09think that
07:10someone else
07:10created it.
07:11And the archaeologists
07:13have discovered
07:13something else
07:14that makes the story
07:15even more strange.
07:18Près
07:19the Sphinx
07:19they have put
07:20on the floor
07:20abandoned tools,
07:21blocks of stone
07:22and even
07:23dishes left
07:24by the workers.
07:25And the people
07:27have suddenly stopped
07:28working
07:28and went
07:29with all
07:30hate.
07:31The workers
07:31were not
07:32famous slaves
07:33as many of them
07:34imagined.
07:35The people
07:35told us
07:36that they ate
07:36quality food,
07:38beef,
07:39the chèvre.
07:40This type of food
07:41was cost
07:41in the Egypt
07:42antique.
07:43So the workers
07:44were probably
07:44qualified artists
07:46who are
07:46very important.
07:47The Sphinx
07:48had also
07:49completely different
07:50at the time.
07:51Today,
07:52he has this
07:53sableous color
07:53but there
07:54thousands of years
07:55he was maybe
07:56covered
07:56with vivid paintings.
07:58The researchers
07:58found traces of
08:00red on his face
08:01and blue and yellow
08:03on his coat.
08:04Unfortunately,
08:05even restoration
08:06can cause
08:07damage.
08:08During the repair
08:08at the beginning
08:09of the 20th century,
08:11parts of the Sphinx
08:12were detached.
08:13The restoration
08:14have used
08:15materials
08:16that have
08:16in fact
08:17cut off the
08:17thick skin.
08:19At a moment,
08:20a huge piece
08:21was detached
08:21from the statue's shoulder.
08:23The Sphinx
08:23also wore a beard
08:25and today,
08:26fragments of this beard
08:27are preserved
08:28in the museums
08:28in London and in Caire.
08:30But even there,
08:31the researchers
08:31are not agree.
08:33Some experts
08:34think that the beard
08:35was part of the statue
08:36of origin.
08:37Others think
08:38that it was added
08:38centuries later
08:39during the restoration efforts.
08:42Despite its terrifying appearance,
08:44the Egyptian version
08:45of the Sphinx
08:45was considered
08:46as a protector.
08:48The dangerous version
08:49and dangerous
08:50that most people
08:51know
08:51is mainly
08:52from the mythology
08:53grecque.
08:54The ancient Egyptians
08:55saw their Sphinx
08:56very differently.
08:57For them,
08:58they represented
08:59the power,
09:00the protection
09:00and the divine authority.
09:01divine.
09:02.
09:03.
09:03.
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