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originally posted by: Harte
I do.
And Schoch even admitted that how weathering looks on stone has much more to do with the stone than with the weathering method.
Salt exfoliation, along with the varying resistance to weathering across the several beds that make up the sphinx, is more than enough to explain the weathering found on the sphinx and enclosure.
Harte
originally posted by: Harte
originally posted by: peacefulpete
originally posted by: purplemer
a reply to: Harte
The sphinx was never under water. People believe a lot of stupid things. Harte
People beleive a lot of stupid things because they dont cross reference there opinion against fact and by not using their noggins and seeing what is in front of their eyes.
The Sphinx is carved out of solid bedrock. As you know yourself. What is the best faculty for dating stone erosion. Geology.
What do the geologists have to say about this . he 1992 in a paper by geologist Dr. Robert M. Schoch, Redating the Great Sphinx of Giza, which deals with scientific investigations of the weathering and erosion.
I discovered that the geological evidence was not compatible with what the Egyptologists were saying. On the body of the Sphinx, and on the walls of the Sphinx Enclosure (the pit or hollow remaining after the Sphinx’s body was carved from the bedrock), I found heavy erosional features that I concluded could only have been caused by rainfall and water runoff. The thing is, the Sphinx sits on the edge of the Sahara Desert and the region has been quite arid for the last 5000 years
robertschoch.com...
The best thing to do as I said is to use your noggin. Here have a look at this image below and see if you can see erosion marks both on the body of the Sphinx and on the wall enclosure. The front of the body implicitly shows water erosion as does the enclosure behind.
And whilst we are on the Sphinx have you noticed how the head is not erorded as much as the body is. Strange that since the body has been under sand for a god while.
Certainly looks like the head has been re-carved or maybe even a geopolymer added at a later date. It does appear a different colour.
Nice post, people call people stupid, for talking about water erosion, and all they have to do is look at a photo, and see it.
Can you be specific regarding the qualifications you hold for making such a determination?
Are you aware that hardly a single Geologist agrees with Schoch?
If so, do you wonder why, or is there a Geologist's conspiracy to "conceal our past from us" to go along with the one in Egyptology?
Harte
Can you be specific regarding the qualifications you hold for making such a determination? Are you aware that hardly a single Geologist agrees with Schoch? If so, do you wonder why, or is there a Geologist's conspiracy to "conceal our past from us" to go along with the one in Egyptology? Harte
Ukrainian scientists in regards of the Sphinx, arguments based upon geological studies which support Schoch’s view regarding the Sphinx and its age. Manichev and Parkhomenko focus on the deteriorated aspect of the body of the Sphinx, leaving aside the erosive features where the Sphinx is located, which had been studied previously by Schoch. Ukrainian scholars focused on the undulating terrain of the Sphinx which displays the mysterious pattern.
However, as noted Manichev and Parkhomenko, this argument does not explain why the front of the head of the Sphinx lacks such features. In regards to the argument made by Schoch about the heavy rain period which occurred around 13,000 BC, the Ukrainian scientists recognized Schoch hypothesis partially suggesting that the erosive features of the Sphinx go further back than 13.000 BC.
Manichev and Parkhomenko argue is that the mountainous and coastal areas of the Caucasus and Crimea, which they know well, have a type of wind erosion that differs morphologically to the erosive features noted on the Sphinx. Essentially, they argue that such wind erosion has a very soft effect, regardless of the geological composition of the rocks.
It is generally accepted that the Sphinx was buried in sand from approximately 2150 to 1400 b.c. It was then uncovered and repaired. From the various repairs done at different periods of history, it appears that weathering caused little erosion between 1400 b.c. and the present, but the restoration work dating from 1400 b.c. is quite substantial. If the Sphinx was built in 2500 b.c., and spent most of the following millennium under sand, how did it erode so much?
Furthermore, if the Sphinx and the tombs around it in the valley are made of the same rock (this was verified by an independent expert), and all date to the same period, shouldn't the erosion on the tombs be similar to the erosion on the Sphinx? Yet the tombs around the Sphinx show only the mild wind-blown sand weathering one would expect in Old Kingdom monuments.
A controversial artifact known as the Inventory Stela says that the Valley Temple and the Sphinx, already existed during the reign of Khufu, who ruled more than 30 years before Khafre.
A controversial artifact known as the Inventory Stela says that the Valley Temple and the Sphinx, already existed during the reign of Khufu, who ruled more than 30 years before Khafre.
In other words, the stela provides evidence of a far greater antiquity for these and other Giza structures. Its text clearly overthrows the accepted theories regarding timeline of Ancient Egypt.
I wrote the article about this that used to be in ATS' wiki (Tinwiki.) That was a decade ago.
originally posted by: purplemer
a reply to: Harte
I wrote the article about this that used to be in ATS' wiki (Tinwiki.) That was a decade ago.
You may well have written about it a decade ago. That does not give you any more credence here. You have failed to convince me that you know anymore about this than me. Infact it looks to me like you are misinterpreting information.
originally posted by: purplemerWhy for example is the head in the 18th century image not eroded like the body is. This is what I mean about using your noggin.
A controversial artifact known as the Inventory Stela says that the Valley Temple and the Sphinx, already existed during the reign of Khufu, who ruled more than 30 years before Khafre.
In other words, the stela provides evidence of a far greater antiquity for these and other Giza structures. Its text clearly overthrows the accepted theories regarding timeline of Ancient Egypt.
originally posted by: purplemer
a reply to: peacefulpeteThis is all about Osiris and Isis. Make no mistake about it. The truth is being hidden. Thank you for your posts in the thread and keep being peaceful. Peaceful pete.
originally posted by: Matt11
Whatever was down there is long gone and we will never know our (humans) true history and place I’m the universe
originally posted by: AtlasHawk
originally posted by: Matt11
Whatever was down there is long gone and we will never know our (humans) true history and place I’m the universe
I highly doubt that is gone, but i do know that the real human history is being hidden. Its a lie that slaves built it.
originally posted by: purplemer
Here below is an aerial photograph of the great Sphinx. It is worth noting that aerial photography in the area is restricted. If you look at the top of the head you will note a round lighter coloured patch. It looks like it has been altered
The image below show it a little more clearer.
and the close up.
Now if you go back in time and look at older ariel images you can clearly see that the top is open.
Photo taken 15 Dec 1925
In 1914, Professor George A. Reisner of Harvard University excavated the hole on the head of The Sphinx. He came back with a story that has almost been erased from history.
In 1914, newspapers around the world reported his findings, including a temple of the Sun and also the sarcophagus of the first Pharaoh #Menes. These findings have now been erased from history books and Egyptian authorities deny the Sphinx chambers' existence.
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Its an interesting story and worthy of attention.
I wonder why they they pump out so much water from under the Shpinx.
A separate scientific update states that 260 cubic metres of water are being pumped out every hour through drainage tubes. That’s 6,240 cubic metres or 6,240,000 litres of water per day. An Olympic swimming pool has 2,500,000 litres. In short, water of a quantity equal to almost three Olympic swimming pools is pumped away on a daily basis from underneath the Sphinx!
www.eyeofthepsychic.com...
Lots more information contained in the link above
You cannot correctly surmise that from the image shown. You can simply correctly state that there is a hole there and if you look for the arial images you cans see that is has some depth.
George Andrew Reisner (Havard) had a long and notable archaeological carer. Have a read for yourself. Yet somehow you think your very limited knowledge on this subject is more correct than his. He is the one that went there not you.
That's correct. It's a lie. But that's not the position of Egyptology, so your point is moot. Regarding the hiding of history, if it's being hidden, it's being hidden from you too.