# Long periods of rainfall and runoff, in a wetter climate before the dynastic period, cut the rounded profile…

> Disputed: Long periods of rainfall and runoff, in a wetter climate before the dynastic period, cut the rounded profile and vertical fissures.

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# 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.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One 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

[The ditch walls show a rolling, rounded profile and deep vertical fissures that Schoch reads as…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/evidence/EVD0CTWSMSP3ZY5/the-ditch-walls-show-a-rolling-rounded-profile-and-deep)

Suggestive

FOR

[Gauri's group found that the soft beds of Member II recede faster whatever the agent, so differential…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/evidence/EVD0CTWSN9A2MP9/gauris-group-found-that-the-soft-beds-of-member-ii-recede)

Supported

AGAINST

[Lehner argues the comparison tombs are cut in different strata and that the fissures predate quarrying.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/evidence/EVD0CTWSN1G6039/lehner-argues-the-comparison-tombs-are-cut-in-different)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What explains the weathering of the body and the enclosure walls?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/questions/QST0CTWSCZP7K5T/what-explains-the-weathering-of-the-body-and-the-enclosure)

Most likelySalt crystallisation, clay swelling and wet-sand burial, with flooding and wind on exposed parts, produced…

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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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