A Mysterious CIA Document Reveals a Dangerous Secret Hidden Beneath the Sphinx

The Great Sphinx of Giza has always attracted stories larger than stone. For some, it is a monument from Egypt’s Old Kingdom. For others, it is a locked doorway to lost knowledge, hidden chambers, and theories about an ancient archive beneath the desert. A newly resurfaced CIA file has pushed that old mystery back into the spotlight.

The document does contain a striking phrase: “Temple under Sphinx; July ’50.” But the important detail is context. The CIA file appears to be a routine photographic inventory from 1952, not a classified archaeological report proving a secret chamber. That makes the story fascinating, but also easy to exaggerate if the wording is pulled away from the document around it.