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Originally Posted by MrSelfDestruct
Additionally, the Sphinx shows signs of erosion that indicates rain damage, and completely inconsistent with expectations of wind and sand erosion. Egypt hasn't been a wet landscape for thousands of years before those widely believed to have built the pyramids settled the area. It is probable that the Sphinx, and possibly the pyramids, were built before they settled there. If I was looking for a place to settle while walking across the continent, and I found pyramids and a sphinx sitting there in the sand, I'd conclude that the area had some sort of significance and sit my ass down right there and build a civilization.
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I saw a documentary on that on The Learning Channel (before they went to all home repair shows
) or Discovery Channel or History Channel. It was pretty fascinating, giving their view of the origin of the Sphinx. I think it was a theory by Graham Hancock, the guy who wrote the book about the Ark of the Covenant being in Ethiopia. Basically the theory was that the head was an outcropping of rock that was carved into a lion's head, then the rest of the stone uncovered and carved into the lion shape. Torrential downpours made the lion unrecognizable, and a pharoah carved the lion into his likeness. They explain that is why the head is so much smaller than the body. Interesting theory.