dendriite [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> This theory about water erosion on the sphynx is very
> interesting
I know the one you're talking about - that the Sphynx's lower regions
show 12,000 years worth of erosion, while the upper regions are
consistent with 4500 years of erosion (matching the contemporary dating
of 2500 BC). One theory is that the Sphynx was constructed in 10,000 BC
as a much larger sculpture - perhaps of a full lion - and that the
Egyptians later discovered the remains and reworked it into the
representation of a lion-bodied pharaoh.
Cool, but unlikely.
> Of course I have never seen any rebuttal to the theory, and
> it may in fact be contrived, but it is still a remarkable idea.
This site refutes it, albeit without references:
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/sphinx.htm
Joshua
