Vertical water erosion marks on the Sphinx enclosure? Rainfall, not Nile flooding. Sphinx floor at 20-22m above sea level, walls over 30m. Historical Cairo floods maxed at 8.4m—way too low. Sea levels were lower for 25,000 years. Dr. Robert Schoch notes the deliberate rectangular basin design up to 10m deep.
Sphinx water erosion caused by rainfall, not Nile flooding
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- Vertical water erosion marks on Sphinx enclosure walls caused by long-term rainwater runoff, not Nile flooding
- Sphinx floor is 20-22 m above sea level; enclosure walls on west and south sides are over 30 m above sea level
- Historical recorded flood heights in Cairo were around 7.6 meters; highest documented flood reached approximately 8.4 meters
- Nile flooding would not have reached the low Sphinx floor, not to mention 10 m high walls
- Mediterranean Sea flooding is even more improbable; sea levels were 30m higher during Pliocene epoch ~3 million years ago
- For last 25,000 years, sea levels were lower most of the time and Giza was further from shore
- Plateau slopes east towards Nile; west and north sides are higher than Sphinx
- Sphinx enclosure location and topography collected runoffs from large areas of plateau
- Geologist Jørn Christiansen states Sphinx enclosure walls carved at right angles up to 10m height implies man-made construction
Sources
The Great Sphinx - Robert M. Schochrobertschoch.com
5) The vertical fissures observed in the walls of the Sphinx Enclosure show diagnostic signs of having been formed by precipitation and water runoff. They do ...
Sphinx water erosion hypothesis - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
The Sphinx water erosion hypothesis is a fringe claim, contending that the Great Sphinx of Giza and its enclosing walls show erosion consistent with ...
The Sphinx Controversy: Another Look at the Geological Evidencehallofmaat.com
Dr. Schoch interprets seismic profiles made on all sides of the Sphinx as indicating that a zone of weathered limestone exists below the floor of the enclosure ...
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