Comment on Archaeology Problems
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 months agoit has been explained that the observed erosion is perfectly compatible with what rock types are there and with the data that we know since the actual period it was built in, the mid third millenium BCE
Is it the case then that we should see similar erosion in contemporary local structures? My understanding was that we didn’t, is that not right?
Uruanna@lemmy.world 2 months ago
youtu.be/DaJWEjimeDM?si=rwX4eZZQvGV22iiR first half is citing two guys who think the Sphinx is older than we think; third guy and after show that the erosion and the faults didn’t come from rain from outside, but water infiltration from below, from before the Sphinx was carved into the rock, and that yes, we do see it in other places in the same rock layer. Other buildings above it don’t have that erosion from below. So the erosion is indeed old, but it didn’t happen from rain falling after the Sphinx was carved out, so you can’t use it to determine when the Sphinx was carved out of the ground.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Thanks. YT has started requiring a sign-in, but it appears to be only sometimes, so i’ll check it out the next time they feel like letting me in i guess.
Uruanna@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I don’t keep up with youtube alternatives but this one doesn’t require login invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=DaJWEjimeDM can’t get the video to load though…