# Whats buried under the Sphinx? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 7, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-buried-under-the-sphinx/67885 "2001-06-07T03:46:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inferno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@Inferno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inferno)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-buried-under-the-sphinx/67885/1 "2001-06-07T03:46:27Z")
I heard on the news a long time ago that researchers had “x-rayed” the Sphinx in Egypt and found a chamber under its feet. Has anything else come from this discovery? Are they digging or going to dig? Whats the scoop? ---
**Author:** ![Erroneous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71c47a/32.png) [@Erroneous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erroneous)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-buried-under-the-sphinx/67885/2 "2001-06-07T04:15:14Z")
I can’t believe I’m citing the same wack book in [two consecutive posts less than 30 minutes apart](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=73420), but…you might want to read ‘Secret Chamber’ by Robert Bauval. Maybe I’m just too damn skeptical, but I was less than convinced that there’s a chamber under the sphinx, after I’d read this book, although it does provide a well-written and succinct summary of the ‘evidence’ for such a chamber. The ‘x-ray’ tests were actually sonar or something, carried out by a group either funded by or directly associated with the Edgar Cayce foundation. So there goes some credibility right there. Brief excavations didn’t find any evidence of a chamber, though, and that’s pretty much all the hard evidence that Bauval presents in the book - the rest of the evidence consists of very literal readings of ancient egyptian myths. But he maintains that all that’s needed to find the sphinx chamber is another, closer look at the site. I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-buried-under-the-sphinx/67885/3 "2001-06-07T04:42:38Z")
Jimmy Hoffa? ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-buried-under-the-sphinx/67885/4 "2001-06-07T06:18:41Z")
**DAMN** ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-buried-under-the-sphinx/67885/5 "2001-06-07T11:24:37Z")
From the soon to be released **"Horror at Cecil Cove, Part 3"** > [@](#): > > “I could care less about recent history. What was under the Sphinx?” > > Zotti froze, and set his teacup down hard. His face was very tight and his eyes were hard. Bodoni laughed, and said “Oh yes, _everyone_ knows you found _something_ - that door hadn’t been opened for more than 30,000 years after all. I mean - that was an Ice Age or so ago, it tends to attract some interest. What did you find there?” > > “I’m not at liberty to tell you.” > > “Oh, I’m sure I’ll find out soon enough. Nobody here can keep any secrets from _me_. You tried to keep Innsmouth a secret, and look what happened. How many dead? How many of _our_ people dead? And Ry’leh still exists - damaged, certainly, but not destroyed. And dead Cthulhu still waits dreaming. Face it Zotti - you failed!” She laughed again, and then stiffened as Zotti opened his desk drawer. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-buried-under-the-sphinx/67885/6 "2001-06-07T11:51:59Z")
It’s sphinxter? I know mine stays buried under me almost all day. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-buried-under-the-sphinx/67885/7 "2001-06-07T12:36:44Z")
The earth’s core, natch. Oh, you mean IMMEDIATELY beneath the Sphinx? Dunno. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-buried-under-the-sphinx/67885/8 "2001-06-07T13:56:22Z")
Al Capone’s secret vault? ---
**Author:** ![Shadowsabre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Shadowsabre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowsabre)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-buried-under-the-sphinx/67885/9 "2001-06-07T15:12:29Z")
The last guy who asked that question. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-buried-under-the-sphinx/67885/10 "2001-06-07T16:02:20Z")
The biggest kitty chewtoy ever created. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-buried-under-the-sphinx/67885/11 "2001-06-07T17:18:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \* > \*\*It’s sphinxter? > > I know mine stays buried under me almost all day. \*\* “Sphinxter” … heh, heh. Anyway, in that case, since The Sphinx has been sitting there for over 4500 years, I don’t even want to THINK about what is immediately under THAT. ---
**Author:** ![no1\_squoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@no1\_squoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/no1_squoog)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2001, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-buried-under-the-sphinx/67885/12 "2001-06-07T19:05:10Z")
Maybe that’s where his freakin’ nose went. Somebody oughtta tell that guy. of course, if you throw this into the “sphinxter” equation, I REALLY don’t want to go there.