# Lehner's estimate puts the Old Kingdom floodplain at 13 to 15 m and floods at perhaps 17 m, below the…

> Lehner's estimate puts the Old Kingdom floodplain at 13 to 15 m and floods at perhaps 17 m, below the enclosure floor, so flooding applies only to the…

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# Lehner's estimate puts the Old Kingdom floodplain at 13 to 15 m and floods at perhaps 17 m, below the…

Lehner's estimate puts the Old Kingdom floodplain at 13 to 15 m and floods at perhaps 17 m, below the enclosure floor, so flooding applies only to the last one or two millennia.

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[Salt crystallisation, clay swelling and wet-sand burial, with flooding and wind on exposed parts, produced…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/answers/ANS0CTWSP8J5BX7/salt-crystallisation-clay-swelling-and-wet-sand-burial-with)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Lehner's estimate puts the Old Kingdom floodplain at 13 to 15 m and floods at perhaps 17 m, below the… [Evidence EVD0CTWSQ7T55N4]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0CTWSQ7T55N4
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