UM-Bot Posted March 24, 2020 #1 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass has dismissed the idea that the Sphinx was carved from a stationary rock. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/335734/equinox-highlights-the-wonders-of-the-sphinx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted March 24, 2020 #2 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Sounds to me like Hawass is just trying to remain in the news. He always liked the attention more then actually preserving the antiquities. Or so it seemed to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetrodoxly Posted March 24, 2020 #3 Share Posted March 24, 2020 The rock could have been big enough to carve it to face any direction, or it was chiseled out because of it's orientation to the sun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadLordAvatar Posted March 24, 2020 #4 Share Posted March 24, 2020 I find it amusing that the creators of the pyramids and the Sphinx are always referred to as the ancients Egyptians. I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted March 24, 2020 #5 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, UM-Bot said: Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass has dismissed the idea that the Sphinx was carved from a stationary rock. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/335734/equinox-highlights-the-wonders-of-the-sphinx Hawass must be getting senile. The sedimentary layers of the Mokattam and Maadi formations have long ago been traced and documented across the Giza Plateau. The sedimentary layers composing the Sphinx are quite consistent with the geological findings: https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/giza.htm Edit: Highlight. Edited March 24, 2020 by Swede 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted March 24, 2020 #6 Share Posted March 24, 2020 1 hour ago, DreadLordAvatar said: I find it amusing that the creators of the pyramids and the Sphinx are always referred to as the ancients Egyptians. I doubt it. And your doubts would be based upon...? . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harte Posted March 25, 2020 #7 Share Posted March 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Swede said: Hawass must be getting senile. The sedimentary layers of the Mokattam and Maadi formations have long ago been traced and documented across the Giza Plateau. The sedimentary layers composing the Sphinx are quite consistent with the geological findings: https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/giza.htm Edit: Highlight. You shouldn't take some reporter's word for that. I find no such claim in any other story that mentions equinox, sphinx and Hawass. What Hawass is actually proposing is that the sphinx location is not accidental. As far as I can tell, he's never said it wasn't carved (at its core) from the native bedrock. He proposes that it was an integral part of Khafre's plan. That is different than what has been thought in the past. Harte 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted March 25, 2020 #8 Share Posted March 25, 2020 7 hours ago, Harte said: You shouldn't take some reporter's word for that. I find no such claim in any other story that mentions equinox, sphinx and Hawass. What Hawass is actually proposing is that the sphinx location is not accidental. As far as I can tell, he's never said it wasn't carved (at its core) from the native bedrock. He proposes that it was an integral part of Khafre's plan. That is different than what has been thought in the past. Harte Ahh. Our fine quality journalists in action again. Reporting just isn't what it used to be. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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