A thorough analysis of Ancient Egyptian history and examination of archaeological evidence indicate that there were two sphinxes on the Pyramids Plateau, an Egyptian researcher argues.Egyptologist Bassam El Shammaa believes that the famed half-lion, half-man statue was an Egyptian deity that was erected next to another sphinx, which has since vanished without a trace. This contradicts what many have believed for centuries — that a single colossal statue functioned as a guard to the Pyramids.The idea of two sphinxes is more in line with ancient Egyptian beliefs, which were mainlybased on duality, the researcher said.
He cited Ancient Egyptian records and mythology saying that lightening had destroyed part of the Sphinx.
This may have been a reference to the second sphinx which was eliminated after a curse by the chief Egyptian deity.
El Shammaa explained: “The
pyramid texts recovered at Saqqara, especially from the Wanis Pyramid,
contain descriptions of the ancient Egyptian conception of how the
universe was created. Basically, this concept underlined the belief in
duality.”
He added: “Utterance No.
600 says that Atum — the ‘complete one’ and creator god in ancient
Egyptian mythology — created his son Shu and daughter Tefnut, shaping
them as a lion and a lioness and placing each one on an extreme tip of
the universe.
“Shu wasto take the solar
disc between his jaws and hand it to his sister Tefnut who in turn
would capture it between her jaws and by so doing they would achieve
the full cycle of the sun.”
While that cycle
represented sunrise and sunset and the journey from life to death, it
also accounted for the presence of two sphinxes.
“Whenever we have to deal
with the solar cult, we should speak of one lion and one lioness facing
each other, posing parallel to each other or sitting in a back-to-back
position.
“The double avenue of the
ram-headed sphinxes fronting the first Karnak pylon and its counterpart
of human-headed sphinxes at the Temple of Luxor emphasize this duality,
alongside other indications like the double crowns of Upper and Lower
Egypt, Isis, Osiris, Habtoor and Horus,” elaborated ElShammaa.......
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