In this Modernity article, Steve Watson reports that a declassified CIA photographic inventory has revived speculation about hidden chambers or ancient records beneath Egypt’s Great Sphinx.
- A CIA inventory of black-and-white photo negatives from July 1950 reportedly includes an entry labeled “Temple under Sphinx; July ’50.”
- That notation has sparked renewed online interest in the long-running theory that a “Hall of Records” may exist beneath or near the Sphinx.
- The theory is often tied to Edgar Cayce’s claims about hidden Atlantean or pre-dynastic knowledge near the Sphinx’s right paw.
- The article notes that mainstream archaeology has not confirmed the existence of such a chamber.
- Watson connects the CIA reference to earlier claims by Italian and Scottish researchers who said radar scans indicated a vast underground complex beneath the Giza plateau.
- Those radar claims reportedly included deep shafts, chambers, and possible connections between the pyramids and the Sphinx area.
- Critics have pushed back, noting that the study was not peer-reviewed and that satellite radar interpretations require ground verification.
- Known archaeological work around the Sphinx has found temples and surface-level passages, including the Sphinx Temple, but not a verified “Hall of Records.”
- The CIA file appears to be part of routine declassified photographic records, not evidence of a secret intelligence operation.
- The story’s real significance may be that archival oddities and emerging scanning technology continue to fuel public curiosity about what may still be hidden at Giza.
Read the full story: https://modernity.news/2026/05/11/cia-document-sparks-wild-theories-of-ancient-knowledge-hidden-under-egypts-sphinx/
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