{"id":2592567,"date":"2026-04-19T14:29:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T18:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/claims-of-second-sphinx-buried-under-egypt-spark-debate\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T14:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T18:34:21","slug":"claims-of-second-sphinx-buried-under-egypt-spark-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/claims-of-second-sphinx-buried-under-egypt-spark-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Claims of Second Sphinx Buried Under Egypt Spark Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fclaims-of-second-sphinx-buried-under-egypt-spark-debate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2592567&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A claim by Italian researchers about a possible second Sphinx buried beneath the sands of Egypt\u2019s Giza plateau has surfaced, though it remains unconfirmed. Italian researcher Filippo Biondi said in a podcast that satellite radar detected a 180-foot mound of hardened sand on the Giza site, with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >scans allegedly revealing vertical shafts<\/a> and passageways strikingly similar to those under the original Sphinx. He argues there is a precise geometrical correspondence between the pyramids and the Sphinx,suggesting a second Sphinx at a mirrored location relative to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-allows-child-migrant-detention-centers-to-open-at-100-capacity-eyes-giving-them-new-name-reports\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Allows Child Migrant Detention Centers To Open At 100% Capacity, Eyes Giving Them New Name: Reports\">existing structure<\/a>,and he estimated about 80 percent confidence in the finding.<\/p>\n<p>Media reports from outlets such as the Daily Mail and the New York Post have circulated the story, noting details like dense vertical lines that could indicate solid underground walls and referencing the dream Stele between the Sphinx\u2019s paws. Critics and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-ultimate-guide-to-the-atkins-diet\/\" title=\"The Ultimate Guide to the Atkins Diet\">researchers caution<\/a> that the finding is speculative and not yet corroborated by Egyptologists. Some have proposed that any such second Sphinx could be tied to propaganda by Pharaoh Thutmose IV or to historical debates about the site, while others, like egyptologist Bassam El Shammaa, have previously entertained similar possibilities. the claim hinges on radar interpretations and remains unproven at this stage.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Italian researchers claim to have discovered a possible second Sphinx buried deep under the sands of Egypt &mdash; a development that would mark a significant discovery from the ancient world if confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Filippo Biondi said in a podcast interview last month that satellite radar technology able to detect ground vibrations has located a 180-foot mound of hardened sand on the Giza plateau, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-15681329\/second-sphinx-egypt-giza-plateau.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet reported that scans &ldquo;show vertical shafts and passageways strikingly similar to those already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspects-to-stand-trial-in-1996-murder-of-college-student-kristin-smart\/\" title=\"Suspects to stand trial in 1996 murder of college student Kristin Smart\">found beneath<\/a> the original Sphinx.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>There are also &ldquo;dense vertical lines believed to represent the solid walls of underground shafts rather than empty voids.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The site of the scans is a mirrored location from the original Sphinx structure.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The geometric arrangement of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the Pyramid of Khafre, the Pyramid of Menkaure, and the Great Sphinx indeed implies the existence of a second Sphinx at the site where radar is detecting an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tunnel-vision-israeli-forces-destroy-hamass-vital-underground-infrastructure\/\" title=\"Israeli forces demolish Hamas&#039;s crucial underground infrastructure, causing tunnel vision\">underground structure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are finding precise geometrical correlation, 100 percent of correlation, in this symmetry,&rdquo; Biondi said during the interview.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are very confident to announce this&hellip; we have a confidence about 80 percent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Great Sphinx has another structure called the Dream Stele positioned between its two paws.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A SECOND Sphinx detected in Egypt as scans hint at &lsquo;underground megastructure&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kSonYLl7HK\">https:\/\/t.co\/kSonYLl7HK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Daily_MailUS\/status\/2037186602393334104?\">March 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Because the Dream Stele depicts two Sphinx figures, some have said that there may have once been two Sphinxes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The first Sphinx sits slightly below the surrounding surface, in a shallow depression, so it is possible the second Sphinx could be hidden beneath this higher mound,&rdquo; Biondi added, per a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/27\/science\/researchers-detect-second-sphinx-beneath-pyramids-of-giza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than being made of bedrock, the area with the supposed second Sphinx is composed of hardened sand.<\/p>\n<p>Biondi added that the two Sphinxes were likely used as propaganda by Pharaoh Thutmose IV in 1401 BC.<\/p>\n<p>They served to justify his purported divine right to the throne of Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post noted that Biondi is not the first researcher to suggest that a second Sphinx may have existed.<\/p>\n<p>Egyptologist Bassam El Shammaa posited a similar theory in recent years, noting that ancient records indicated the destruction of the second Sphinx by a lightning bolt.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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In a podcast last month, Filippo Biondi said that satellite radar capable of detecting subsurface activity located a 180-foot mound of hardened sand on the Giza plateau. The Daily Mail reported that scans show vertical shafts and passageways strikingly similar to those beneath the original Sphinx, along with dense vertical lines that could mark solid walls rather than empty voids. The scanned site sits in a location mirrored from the original Sphinx.<\/p>\n<p>Biondi described a precise geometrical correlation with the surrounding monuments, claiming \u201c100 percent\u201d symmetry and expressing about 80 percent confidence in the finding. The Great Sphinx is accompanied by the Dream Stele between its paws, and since the stele portrays two Sphinx figures, some have suggested there may have once been two Sphinxes.<\/p>\n<p>Biondi further suggested that the first Sphinx lies just below the surface, in a shallow depression, making it possible that a second Sphinx could be hidden beneath the elevated mound. He noted that the second Sphinx area would be hardened sand rather than bedrock. He argued the two Sphinxes might have been used as propaganda by Pharaoh Thutmose IV around 1401 BCE to legitimize his claim to the throne. The New York Post noted that others, including Egyptologist Bassam El Shammaa, have proposed similar ideas in recent years, pointing to ancient records that mention the destruction of a second Sphinx by a lightning strike.<\/p>\n<p>(Note: The report references a Daily Mail US piece from March 26, 2026, and includes quotations from Biondi, who describes a high level of confidence but not definitive proof.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2592568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Michael-Featured-Image-942.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[53433,6970,16906,20864],"class_list":["post-2592567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-archaeology-2","tag-discovery","tag-egypt","tag-sphinx"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Michael-Featured-Image-942.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2592567"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2592571,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592567\/revisions\/2592571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2592568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2592567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2592567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2592567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}