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Episode 0388 · Sep 22, 1997 · 2h 45m

September 22, 1997: Egyptian Pyramids - Boris Said

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    Said dives into the Sphinx well - finds disturbed sarcophagiSaid recounts going down a rickety metal ladder into the well behind the Sphinx in 1992, brushing slime off the surface, jumping into the water, and later returning in 1996 to find the water 15 feet lower with two disturbed stone sarcophagi at an 80-foot intermediate level.

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    Fox 54-page contract - the falling out with SchorSaid tells the inside story of why he split with the Schor expedition: a week before leaving for Egypt in February, Fox Network presented a 54-page contract that took editorial control and made the film a work-for-hire. He refused to sign and went to Egypt not knowing Schor's permit had been canceled.

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    Said learns Schor's Egypt permit had been canceledSaid reveals that what he didn't know going into Egypt was that Schor's excavation permit had already been canceled a week before the famous descent into the well that produced the sarcophagus footage.

Art Bell welcomes filmmaker and documentarian Boris Said for a revealing conversation about the Great Pyramid, the Sphinx, and his bitter falling out with the Schor Expedition. Said, the Emmy Award-winning producer of the NBC special The Mystery of the Sphinx, shares his theory that the Great Pyramid is not a tomb but a sophisticated scientific instrument tuned to the resonant frequency of the Earth itself.

He describes sonic experiments conducted by NASA consultant Tom Danley inside the King's Chamber, where sub-audible vibrations below nine hertz were detected even in silence. When raised several octaves, these tones produced an F-sharp chord, a frequency that ancient Egyptian texts and Native American shamans alike associate with the Earth. Said proposes that the pyramid may have functioned as a means of inducing altered states of consciousness, possibly serving as a gateway to other dimensions.

Said also details ground-penetrating radar confirmation of a rectangular chamber beneath the Sphinx's paws and his discovery of a polished black granite sarcophagus lid inside a well shaft near the causeway. He explains how the Schor Foundation's revoked permit and a controlling Fox Network contract led to the suppression of this footage and his decision to finally speak publicly.

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