Right, crazy theory I read in another MB:
The big statue was ANUBIS.
Paul's necklace was an ANKH.
So, all that points towards Egypt.
Rupert Alpert = RA? (he's got the eyeliner and all)
Horace = HORUS?
The smoke monster apparently has some precedent in Greek and Egyptian mythology too, as the god Typhon or SET. (I'd cut and paste what the guy said but it's in Spanish.)