QuestionsGreat Sphinx of GizaWhat explains the weathering of the body and the enclosure walls?Answer
Answer · Great Sphinx of Giza
Long periods of rainfall and runoff, in a wetter climate before the dynastic period, cut the rounded profile…
Long periods of rainfall and runoff, in a wetter climate before the dynastic period, cut the rounded profile and vertical fissures.
Where it stands
DisputedOne piece of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- Fissures widen upward and follow runoff paths, not bed boundaries alone.
- The depth of recession does not track sand burial depth or flood level.
- Fourth Dynasty structures of the same beds and exposure lack the profile.
What would rule it out
- A bed-matched comparison showing equal recession in Fourth Dynasty quarry faces of the same beds and exposure, or recession correlating with burial depth and flood level.
Evidence 1 for · 2 against
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The questions it answers
Most likelySalt crystallisation, clay swelling and wet-sand burial, with flooding and wind on exposed parts, produced…
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Long periods of rainfall and runoff, in a wetter climate before the dynastic period, cut the rounded profile… [Answer ANS0CTWSMHW519G]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CTWSMHW519G
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title = {Long periods of rainfall and runoff, in a wetter climate before the dynastic period, cut the rounded profile…},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Answer, catalog key ANS0CTWSMHW519G},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CTWSMHW519G}
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