Clearly, if the pyramid was not known to the ancient Sumerians as we are told then they could
not possibly be in possession of such accurate information that is also so unique to the structure.
Fig.78aFig.78bFig.78cIn the extremely well researched book ‘The Keeper of Genesis’ released in 1996, the authors
John Hancock and Robert Bauval present strong evidence to support the theory that the sphinx
was not built in the image of Khafre. In the book, Hancock and Bauval even go so far as to
employ the services of a forensic scientist who specializes in face recognition to compare the two
faces. His comparison shows undeniable discrepancies between the two and also punches some
more serious holes in the ‘Sphinx is Khafre’ theory. The two authors also present a very solid
case in regards to dating the entire complex by examining the work of John Anthony West which
raises serious geological questions about the entire Giza complex. In West’s excellent book “The
Serpent in the Sky” he also questions the alignments of the monuments, suggesting that these
alignments were in no way incidental but rather, they held very significant and easily confirmable
astronomical implications.
This is an issue that was also raised in Robert Bauval’s book ‘The Orion Mystery.’ But in ‘The
Keeper of Genesis’, and against a torrent of opposition from the academics, the authors of also
put forth another bold theory that not only is the face on the Sphinx not that of Khafre, but based