NARRATOR: Giza, 2014.
Large scale construction
projects and high rise
developments encroach
ever closer to the Sphinx
and the Great Pyramids.
Some believe that if the
development continues
unchecked, it will
lead to the destruction
of possible
archaeological treasures
still buried near the complex.
But others feel that it may
actually force the unearthing
of something more profound--
a twin Sphinx.
Everything in ancient Egyptian
art is very symmetrical.
There's always
two of everything.
When we see huge,
big statues, there's
always two colossal statues.
There's always symmetry-- two
statues guarding one road.
With a Sphinx we've
only found one.
Some people believe
there's another one.
There are actually
many reasons to believe
it may have had a mate.
When we look at the
Stele, the new kingdom
Stele between the paws
of the Sphinx, in fact
it shows not one Sphinx,
but two Sphinxes.
GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: There
were long periods of time
where the Sphinx was not seen.
It was completely
covered in sand.
And so the idea would
imply that maybe
there are other structures that
are still underneath the sand.
Is it possible that
a second Sphinx
exists on the Giza Plateau?
NARRATOR: Although
most researchers
are open to the idea of a second
guardian on the Giza Plateau,
multiple theories exist as
to where this Sphinx may be.
According to the Amduat, the
ancient Egyptian funerary text
describing the hourly journey
of the King in the afterlife,
there is said to exist a second
Sphinx that faces to the west.
The fifth [inaudible] which
seems to represent the Giza
Necropolis, by the way,
is protected by one Sphinx
in the east, which is
the existing Sphinx,
but they also show another
Sphinx in the back.
Now, physically was
there another one?
It's quite possible.
There is certain mounds
that haven't been properly
excavated on the
west side, and there
may be the remains of a Sphinx.
There certainly
isn't a whole Sphinx.
We would have seen it by now.
But there may be the
foundations of a Sphinx.
JONATHAN YOUNG: The non-existent
Sphinx is almost as interesting
as the one we can look at.
Does that location have
any special energy to it?
Is there some reason why
life, faith, the gods,
would have it disappear?
NARRATOR: Could there really
be a second Sphinx located
somewhere on the Giza Plateau?
And if so, how has it
remained undiscovered
for thousands of years?
WILLIAM HENRY: We
know less than 30%
of what's actually
underneath the sand,
especially around
the Giza Plateau.
So this is one of the
exciting things about studying
and researching ancient Egypt
is this idea that maybe you'll
be able to stumble into
these ultimate secrets
that the ancients
assured us are there.
NARRATOR: Would
locating a second Sphinx
bring us closer to actually
solving the mystery
of the Giza Plateau?
And if so, what might
the consequences
be if this information
is ever uncovered?
WILLIAM HENRY: If we put
all the pieces together,
it suggests that the
Sphinx is a repository
for this knowledge about how to
actually use the Great Pyramid.
And once we do that, we're
talking about the ability
to resurrect ourselves as
celestial beings or star beings
and joining the
extraterrestrials
who had a hand in building
this incredible complex.
ROBERT BAUVAL: I
very much believe
that the whole thing
is a kind of cipher,
and I'll go to my
grave on this one.
I've worked for 25
years to decipher
this cipher using astronomy,
using the texts, and it reads--
I have under me the
knowledge of our genesis.
JONATHAN YOUNG: Whatever
it is we figure out,
whatever we discover
when we get there,
it's not going to look like
we thought it would look.
NARRATOR: Is the Sphinx
the ultimate proof
that extraterrestrials were here
on Earth in the ancient past?
And if so, might
there be clues hidden
within this monolithic statue
that not only reveal the truth
about our history,
but why we are here
and how we can finally reconnect
with our alien ancestors?
