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CITIES ANCIENT UNDER SANDS GIZA THE The Giza Plateau and old Cairo are crisscrossed with subterranean passageways, shafts, natural caverns, lakes and chambers that contain surprising artefacts, but the Egyptian authorities are not ready to reveal these to the public. o comprehend fully the secret information in the Bible, it is important to understand the extent of the subterranean tunnel system and associated chamber facilities existing below the surface of the Pyramid Plateau, for it was there that major elements of Mystery School teachings developed. What happened under the sands thousands of years ago is not reflected in today's history books, and discoveries made in the last eight decades or so verify that point. The Fayum Oasis district, just a few kilometres outside the boundary of the Memphis Nome, presents a site of unusual interest. It was in that lush, fertile valley that Pharaohs calling themselves the "masters of the royal hunts" fished and hunted with the boomerang.’ Lake Moeris once bordered the Fayum Oasis and on its shores was the famous Labyrinth, described by Herodotus as "an endless wonder to me". The Labyrinth contained 1,500 rooms and an equal number of underground chambers that the Greek his- torian was not permitted to inspect. According to Labyrinth priests, "the passages were baffling and intricate", designed to provide safety for the numerous scrolls they said were hidden in subterranean apartments. That massive complex particularly impressed Herodotus and he spoke in awe of the structure: There I saw twelve palaces regularly disposed, which had communication with each other, interspersed with terraces and arranged around twelve halls. It is hard to believe they are the work of man. The walls are covered with carved figures, and each court is exquisitely built of white marble and surrounded by a colonnade. Near the corner where the labyrinth ends, there is a pyramid, two hundred and forty feet in height, with great carved figures of animals on it and an underground passage by which it can be entered. I was told very credibly that underground chambers and passages connected this pyramid with the pyramids at Memphis. The pyramids at Memphis were the pyramids at Giza, for Giza was originally called Memphis (see reference, "Giza formerly Memphis" on Nordan's map from Travels in Egypt and Nubia, 1757, on page 152 of previous chapter). Many ancient writers supported Herodotus’ record of underground passages connecting major pyramids, and their evidence casts doubt on the reliability of traditionally presented Egyptian history. Crantor (300 BC) stated that there were certain underground pillars in Egypt that contained a written stone record of pre-history, and they lined accessways con- necting the pyramids. In his celebrated study, On the Mysteries, particularly those of the Egyptians, Chaldeans and the Assyrians, lamblichus, a fourth-century Syrian representa- tive of the Alexandrian School of mystical and philosophical studies, recorded this infor- mation about an entranceway through the body of the Sphinx into the Great Pyramid:? This entrance, obstructed in our day by sands and rubbish, may still be traced between the forelegs of the crouched colossus. It was formerly closed by a bronze gate whose secret spring could be operated only by the Magi. It was guarded by public respect, and a sort of religious fear maintained its inviolability better than armed protection would have done. In the belly of the Sphinx were cut out galleries leading to the subterranean part of the Great Pyramid. These galleries were so art - fully crisscrossed along their course to the Pyramid that, in setting forth into the pas - sage without a guide throughout this network, one ceasingly and inevitably returned to the starting point. by Tony Bushby © 2003 from Chapter 8 of his book The Secret in the Bible published by Stanford Publishing Group and Joshua Books PO Box 5149 Maroochydore BC, Qld 4558 Australia Website: http://www.joshuabooks.com APRIL — MAY 2004 NEXUS = 45 THE LOST HISTORY OF THE PYRAMIDS by Tony Bushby © 2003 www.nexusmagazine.com