Investigations of the Facts
Although both these theories are still presented to us as fact, the evidence we have been
presented with to validate them both is flimsy and circumstantial at best. In reality, the theory that
Khufu and Khafre were responsible for the monuments and that they were built as elaborate
tombs has long been disproved. There is an abundant amount of new evidence to suggest
otherwise and it is now well know by many scholars that the Pharaohs of Egypt were in fact, not
the builders of the Giza complex.
In truth, and contrary to common public belief, nothing has ever actually been found in any of
them to confirm or even seriously suggest the pyramids were ever tombs in the first place.
When examining the Sphinx we should take into account that the ancient Egyptians went to
great pains to produce accurate depictions of their rulers and this can be seen in the various
surviving statues we have of them. Many of these statues are quite detailed, even capturing facial
expressions and the genuine non-symmetry and subtle variations between one side of the face and
the other. It therefore seems safe to assume that they would have also have strived for a certain
degree of accuracy when building statues.
Using today’s face recognition techniques and computer technology several stark contrasts
between the Sphinx and the face we know as Khafre become very apparent. But any layman can
just apply basic geometry to compare the angles of the Sphinx to those of Khafre (fig.75).
Such comparison clearly shows that the profile of the Sphinx differs totally to that of Khafre.
The angles and general shape of the profile is all wrong. At just a glance at the Sphinx, the cheeks
are too prominent; the jawbone the wrong shape, the brow too pronounced and the ears too high.
Fig.75This can then be confirmed further by observing the number of glaring differences that also
become apparent when using the same simple geometry to compare the facial angles in the front
views of the two faces (fig.76). As we can see, the jaw is too wide, the mouth is wrong, the eyes
are the wrong shape and the ears... ah yes those ears.
It suffices to say: the two statues simply don’t look anything like each other. I mean, sure
there’s one head with two eyes, two ears, one mouth, the remnants of a nose and the same
standard Egyptian head dress but that’s where the similarities end. (The nose is thought to have
been blown off by Napoleon’s forces, though this is also heavily debated.)