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That was debunked, the same erosion was found in the rock at the quarry site where the stones for the Sphinx were originally taken from.
by lodovic 2y ago
That was debunked, the same erosion was found in the rock at the quarry site where the stones for the Sphinx were originally taken from.
- alephnerd 2y agoAlso, Schwaller de Lubicz was very loco and racist (very antisemitic and was close with a number of the earlier ideologues of the Thule movement)
- taejavu 2y agoHow did the erosion happen? At what time period was that much water there?
- robbiep 2y agoYou know sand and wind erode as well, right?
- nvilcins 2y agoDifferent ways of erosion leave different kinds of traces. The ones in the Sphinx enclosure are indicative of water (more specifically - rainfall) erosion.
- colibri727 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_humid_period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_humid_period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara_pump_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara_pump_theory
- beeandapenguin 2y agoThe Sphinx wasn't built with stone from a quarry, it was carved from the bedrock. It has since been restored a number of times, one of which added layers of limestone block which is easily distinguishable from the original shape.
- lodovic 2y agoFlint Dibble explains it a lot better than I can, around 11:00 in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oITaI2kDIFI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oITaI2kDIFI