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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 think you are referring to the work of Robert Schoch, a BU geologist who claims that the Sphinx is much older than previously believed, based on what he sees as rainwater damage to the surface (homepage at
http://robertschoch.homestead.com/main.html) There has been a good deal of controversy surrounding his claims (see, e.g.,
http://www.geocities.com/debunkinglc/sphinx.html, and I don't pretend to know which is right, but suffice to say that the truth is still to be determined.