Egyptologist Filippo Biondi and Corrado Malanga say they submitted a 2025 application for approval to conduct ground surveys at Giza. At an Italian press conference, they presented SAR and GPR data pointing to one unexcavated anomaly beneath a mound of sand dumped during 1920s excavations. The team says its GPR analysis gave a 94% probability that the feature is sphinx-shaped; Malanga proposed that a broken front paw could explain its outline. The New Kingdom Dream Stele, found between the Great Sphinx's paws, records Thutmose IV's dream and depicts two sphinxes facing opposite directions. Biondi and Malanga argue that this supports a literal second Sphinx. No excavation has confirmed a monument, and experts dispute the interpretation.
Dream Stele cited in claim of a second Sphinx at Giza
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Key facts
- Egyptologist and software developer Filippo Biondi and physician-Egyptologist Corrado Malanga said they submitted an application in 2025 to Egyptian antiquities authorities to conduct ground surveys at Giza.
- The suspected feature has not been excavated or independently confirmed, and experts have challenged the second-Sphinx identification.
- The team says the anomaly lies beneath a mound of sand dumped during 1920s excavations of nearby mastabas and cemeteries.
- Malanga said during the Italian presentation that a front paw may have broken off and rolled forward at a right angle, which he proposed could explain the anomaly's outline.
- The team says its GPR analysis assigned a 94% probability that the anomaly is sphinx-shaped; this is an interpretation of the data, not proof of a monument.
- The New Kingdom Dream Stele, found between the Great Sphinx's paws, records Thutmose IV's dream and depicts two sphinxes facing opposite directions above buildings.
- Biondi and Malanga argue that the Dream Stele may support a literal second Sphinx, but that interpretation is disputed. The two opposing figures come from the stele, not from the scans.
- Biondi presented the team's SAR software at the press conference in Italy, while Malanga discussed the GPR anomaly.
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