Claims that a second, massive Sphinx statue lies buried beneath the sands of Egypt’s Giza Plateau have gone viral, drawing tens of millions of views across social media and tabloid headlines. The theory, amplified by the Daily Mail and widely shared posts on X, suggests advanced radar scans have revealed a hidden twin monument and an underground “megastructure” beneath the pyramids . But archaeologists and Egypt experts say the evidence does not support those conclusions. The claim centers on