Saturday, September 1, 2012

Osiris' Tomb Under the Sphynx in Egypt



95 feet underneath the hind legs of the Sphinx in Egypt lies the tomb of the god Osiris, which few people outside of the archaeological world know about.  The tomb has been called "symbolic" by a few members of the Egyptology community, but several archaeologists express doubt that the tomb is only a "symbol" and not an actual tomb.  Many have pointed out that the Egyptians did not believe that their gods were able to die, let alone build a "tomb" to house one.  It has also been pointed out that this would be the only example of a "symbolic" tomb in ancient Egypt.  Osiris was also one of the main gods of Egyptian mythology and to say anything of him dying would shine doubt upon their whole religion and great abandonment of their theology would have followed none of which have been shown as of record. 

A view of the tomb showing the water that leads down to the blue sarcophagus which is believed to be the "true" sarcophagus of the tomb 

After descending the ladder down into the antechamber of the tomb, the only place that is available to stand is the stone "sarcophagus" that is supposed to house Osiris.  The rest of the tomb is flooded with water which is at least 500ft deep and a clear blue color. 
The tomb is located 95 feet beneath the Sphinx.  There is a "sarcophagus" which x-ray imaging has shown there is at least several layers of inner sarcophagi located beneath the stone.  They have not been able to x-ray all of the way through it and even using advanced sonar imaging technology have proved fruitless to see all the way through. 
If one looks down through the water, there is another sarcophagus that is very faintly visible.  The second sarcophagus is a light blue color and looks to be partially clear, but it is unintelligible what is farther than the lid.  The symbol of Osiris is visible with advanced imaging technology.
Only one dive has been allowed(in 2003) to the second sarcophagus before the Egyptian decided to disallow all access to the tomb for reasons that have not been explained.  The divers who went down to the second sarcophagus were said to visibly shaken when they emerged from the water and only would say that the sarcophagus was, in fact, see through but they would not comment much on what was inside, except that there was a golden mask that appeared to be glowing from the inside.  The divers will not comment and all of the pictues that were taken of the sarcophagus were confiscated by the Egyptian government.
There is a lot of speculation about what is located in the second sarcophagus ranging from its just an illusion created by the blue water with limited visibility making it look as if something is down there to some sort of alien body. 
With the recent instability in Egypt and the lack of pressure from the public to explore the tomb, there seems to be little hope in anyone figuring out what is down there. 

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