Claim: Second Sphinx Detected
Italian researchers say satellite‑radar scans have revealed what appears to be a second Sphinx buried under a 33‑meter sand mound on the Giza Plateau, including underground passages and wells that mirror features beneath the original Sphinx. Egyptian and international Egyptologists are urging caution — the team’s results haven’t been peer‑reviewed or confirmed by ground excavation yet. (muslimnetwork.tv) (en.clickpetroleoegas.com.br)
The claim was advanced by the Khafre Research Project — led publicly by Corrado Malanga, Filippo Biondi and Armando Mei — and re‑aired this week by Filippo Biondi on the Matt Beall “Limitless” podcast. (opusmagnum.org)) The team says its images come from synthetic‑aperture radar (SAR) satellite data processed with a novel filtering/tomography method that the group has publicised since March 2025. (opusmagnum.org)) Biondi told the podcast he is “about 80 percent” confident the anomaly corresponds to a second sphinx and pointed to the Dream Stele’s two‑figure imagery as a guiding alignment for the search. (open.spotify.com)) Prominent Egyptologists and heritage officials have urged caution: former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass has publicly dismissed similar underground claims as unfounded, and independent fact‑checks say the radar interpretations lack corroborating evidence. (english.ahram.org.eg)) The Khafre Project first generated controversy in March 2025 when Malanga, Biondi and Mei released SAR‑based images claiming a vast subsurface complex beneath Khafre’s pyramid, a claim that drew immediate scrutiny from specialists and media fact‑checkers. (opusmagnum.org)) No peer‑reviewed paper, no published dataset and no ground excavation have validated the new “second Sphinx” interpretation, and Egyptian authorities have not announced approval for any excavation at the mound the team highlights. (newsweek.com))
