Nyeff- I agree with you that the "mystery of Egypt" is what is keeping tourism (money), rolling in. We all know that when a mystery is really
solved, slowly people lose interest. Keeping these "mysteries" alive is the easiest way to ensure that Egypt will have a lot of tourism (money) for
years to come.
As for the two hour special in Fox.... That same tomb had been opened at least a year before the coverage, and Hawass was doing it as if it was a new
find. I am no sure if it is because of Hawass or the Egyptian government, but they don't ever do "live" coverage of excavations, for several
reasons.
One of those reasons could be that in a live coverage they might show things they don't want people to see, another has to do with safety. Imagine
if during the live coverage the tomb collapses and kills or traps the reporters and Hawass. If something like this happens it will certainly affect
the image of Egypt, among other things.
I have heard recent interviews of people that have had contact with Hawass, and they say he is open to suggestions and he is trying to find the truth,
some of these people are what would be called "new agers."
So trusting their word, since i haven't met Hawass, it seems that the government of Egypt is the one that doesn't want the truth out, but you never
know.
I saw how he behaved in front of the camera when the live coverage was going on, not very professional, but i guess he thought he was trying to show
the light side of him. He should have done it another way, although i don't remember him grabing the butt of the reporter, but anyway, I also think
his attitude was wrong.
Echo, and whoever else thinks like him/her. It is not about belief, it is about facts and proof. Belief is part of religions and the spiritual.
There is proof in the past that there were gods/godesses interacting and intervining, for some reason it seems they decided not to intervene anymore
as it is stated in many cultures. The Gods/teachers left, promising one day they would return as in the case of South America, and Elohim also said
they would not intervene anymore.
Even in the present there are sightings of what could be called "vimanas", the wheels that Ezequiel saw, etc. They are still around, but only
watching, observing. It is not my belief, but I know for sure about this. Now anyone can reach their own conclusion and have their own opinions, we
are all free to do that.
I remember some years back they hired a former (or still member) police sketch artist of the NYPD. This was ran on the discovery channel. He did
sketches of the Sphinx's face and the face of Khafre's (Chephren's) mummy, which is at the Cairo museum. When the police sketch artist finished,
he concluded that the sphinx did not represent pharaoh Khafre (Chephren).
www.mysteries.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk...
Add to that that the face of the Sphinx is way too small for the body, different pahraohs could have told artists to recarve the face to represent
them, and the water erosion on the body of the sphinx, there is no water erosion on the face. The physical damage to the face of the Sphinx comes
from soldiers using the face for target practice in the 18th century. The head is made of harder strata than the rest of the body, but some water
erosion should be evident, and it isn't.
All this gives credence to the theory that the sphinx, and probably the three great pyramids, are far older than we are led to believe.