Cannon and Hutton's theory: mound near Khafre causeway. Jerry Cannon and Malcolm Hutton proposed a second Sphinx under an unexplored mound in their book 'The Giza Plateau Secrets and the Second Sphinx Revealed' The location is near the causeway to the Khafre pyramid Speaker argues placement would be asymmetrical in relation to Khafre Pyramid and Great Sphinx
Filippo Biondi proposes a second Sphinx under a mound near Khafre causeway. But this placement is asymmetrical: over 150m of sacred causeway would separate it from the Great Sphinx. The mound is standard bedrock with sand. No historian or document supports this location.
Key Facts
- Jerry Cannon and Malcolm Hutton proposed a second Sphinx under an unexplored mound in their book 'The Giza Plateau Secrets and the Second Sphinx Revealed'
- The location is near the causeway to the Khafre pyramid
- Speaker argues placement would be asymmetrical in relation to Khafre Pyramid and Great Sphinx
- The causeway (sacred walkway) would separate the two Sphinxes by over 150 meters
- The mound appears to be standard Giza bedrock covered with sand
- No historian, document, diagram, or myth has placed a second Sphinx at this location
- Speaker dismisses this as wishful thinking and guesswork
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