Two different taxi drivers told me something about Egypt on the same day.

First off was that the Sphinx was 40,000 years old and that Dr Hawass was covering up the truth of this because it would embarass Islam!...? No, I couldn't work that one out either.

Later the same day a different cabbie tells me there is 'a great evil' under the great pyramid at Giza which they excavated during the 60s and that is why we suddenly got computers!

So now we know. Still not as good as the theory that heiroglyphics aren't actually writing at all, but a popular ancient strip cartoon about a cute little character called 'sphinxy'.