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over the Pyramid, and we have never been _ was, but we were trying to find access toa __ grave, and we are going to dig it up," there denied access or given only restricted room, which we believe we have identi- _ would be trouble. access. But my feeling is, if you look at fied, under the front paw of the Sphinx. We have also discovered a tunnel at the the plateau honestly and objectively, there That room was identified by the explo- _ bottom of a well, about 120 feet down, and are some amazing things going on. ration of geophysicist/seismologist Dr it is about halfway up to the Great I don't believe that there are conspira- | Thomas Dobecki in 1991, and it was later Pyramid. We are trying to find a way to cies. There is, however, a lot of spirited confirmed by ground-penetrating radar in _get permission to open that tunnel, because competition to see who gets to announce 1996. we think it might lead to the Sphinx as what, and I believe that my friend, Dr Zahi The Egyptians have been very resistant well. That would bear out the Rosicrucian Hawass, is at the forefront. He is the per- to our suggestions that we (1) drill a hole theory that the three pyramids are connect- son who announces all the discoveries and down into the room, and (2) excavate a__ed to a temple-like structure which is then all of the finds. He does not like the idea tunnel at the back of the Sphinx, which we connected to the Sphinx. All of this has that foreign investigators come to been documented in legends, stories Egypt to ‘exploit’ the treasures of and the Rosicrucian records. Egypt. I think he sees Hancock, " . The problem has been getting the Bauval and John Anthony West as We have also discovered a Egyptian Government to allow us to exploiters. I don't share that view, tunnel at the bottom of a well, continue our exploration. They have but I try to stay out of the line of fire, a rule that says if you want to do primarily because they have not pre- about 120 feet down, and it is exploration in Egypt you have to cluded me from doing anything over about halfway up to the Great have an academic background, and there. . . 2 an institution of higher learning has Pyramid. We are trying to find to apply for the permit. LE: So your focus in Egypt is iscsi That usually also means consider- what? We know that you were = ay to get [Jee to able financing, and the financing usu- involved in producing the NBC-TV open that tunnel... ally comes from someone like Dr special, Mystery of the Sphinx, with Joseph Schor, someone who has an John Anthony We enormous personal interest in the BS: Yes, and since then I have put project. I worked with him for two out a video with pieces of the mystery of _ think leads to that room. For whatever rea- years. We came to a parting of the ways the Sphinx and pieces of some other work sons, they have denied us permission todo _ when he wanted to sell the show [Secret that we did. I was over there for two years the excavations. The bottom line is that it | Chamber] to the Fox network, and Fox working in conjunction with a group called is their country and it is their monument. It —_ wanted absolute control of the subject mat- the Joseph Schor Foundation. It was about is hard to be miffed about that. If a group _ ter. I objected to that because I thought the the search for Atlantis. of Nigerians set up shop on your front lawn subject matter should speak for itself. There are a lot of published reports as to and said, "We have absolute proof that So I am now on my own. I have another what the real purpose of the expedition Atlantis is here, under your grandfather's — sponsor, who has asked that his name not be revealed for the time being. I have just returned from Egypt, where I was in the wake of the Luxor disaster. The Egyptian Government is now obviously desperate for good publicity, and I feel the climate might now be more conducive to my doing a television film. What I have offered, relative to the room under the paw of the Sphinx, is for them to drill the holes and run cameras down into them—similar to the way they discovered the solar boats—and that we supply the engineering background and the funds. In return for this, we would have the exclu- sive right to televise. The Egyptians’ concern is: what if the Sphinx is damaged in the process? That is certainly a legitimate concern, and we are trying to get some engineering opinions so that we can guarantee them that it will not be damaged in the process. I have every hope that they are finally going to let us in there this Spring. tunnel at the bottom of a well, about 120 feet down, and it is about halfway up to the Great Pyramid. We are trying to find a way to get permission to open that tunnel..." think leads to that room. For whatever rea- sons, they have denied us permission to do the excavations. The bottom line is that it is their country and it is their monument. It is hard to be miffed about that. If a group of Nigerians set up shop on your front lawn and said, "We have absolute proof that Atlantis is here, under your grandfather's ae ae a 62 - NEXUS APRIL - MAY 1998 "We have also discovered a