Team assembles with Robert Schoch and Turkish archaeologists

NEW Discoveries in Iraq and Türkiye| Shuruppak | Expedition - Matthew LaCroix, Matt Beall
Source: NEW Discoveries in Iraq and Türkiye| Shuruppak | Expedition - Matthew LaCroix, Matt Beall by Matthew LaCroix

The expedition brings together 9 experts: geologist Dr. Robert Schoch (who dated Sphinx erosion to thousands of years earlier), Turkish archaeologist Omar Tenur, underwater filmmaker Tahsin Ceylan (who discovered the Lake Van ruins), plus specialists in sacred geometry, architecture, and religious studies.

Key facts claimed:

- Dr. Robert Schoch is a geologist who pioneered water erosion theory on the Sphinx enclosure in 1990

- Team includes three archaeologists: Omar Tenur (Kef Kalesi expert), Hans Orheim, and Jennifer Deo

- Tahsin Ceylan joined as underwater filmmaker - discoverer of Lake Van underwater ruins

- Other team members: Robert Edward Grant (sacred geometry), Dr. Lydia DeLeon (geobiologist), Arturo Deleo (sacred architecture), Paul Wallace (religious expert)

- Ceylan is one of Turkey's most famous nature and underwater filmmakers

Key facts

  • Dr. Robert Schoch is a geologist who pioneered water erosion theory on the Sphinx enclosure in 1990
  • Team includes three archaeologists: Omar Tenur (Kef Kalesi expert), Hans Orheim, and Jennifer Deo
  • Tahsin Ceylan joined as underwater filmmaker - discoverer of Lake Van underwater ruins
  • Other team members: Robert Edward Grant (sacred geometry), Dr. Lydia DeLeon (geobiologist), Arturo Deleo (sacred architecture), Paul Wallace (religious expert)
  • Ceylan is one of Turkey's most famous nature and underwater filmmakers
  • Project aims to challenge mainstream narratives about ancient civilizations objectively

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Sources

The Sphinx Controversy: Another Look at the Geological ...hallofmaat.com
Robert Schoch's error was to give too little weight to the archaeological evidence supporting a Fourth Dynasty age for the Sphinx and associated temples. This ...
Robert M. Schoch: The Great Sphinxrobertschoch.com
A moat theory explains the water weathering of the Sphinx without hypothesizing that it dates back to an earlier period of more rainfall than the present.
Robert Schoch's Wacky Easter Island-Gobekli Tepe Theoryjasoncolavito.com
Dr. Schoch makes a very strong argument for dating of the Sphinx, and it is not a huge leap to make the assertion that the stylized human ...
Sphinx water erosion hypothesisen.wikipedia.org
Major proponents of the hypothesis include alternative Egyptologist John Anthony West, and geologist Robert Schoch. The Great Sphinx of Giza. Most ...
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