# Schneiker 2025: The Great Sphinx: A New View on the Erosion Enigma

> Robert Adam Schneiker, 2025. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The 2025 reading; an abstract only, no paper located.

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# The Great Sphinx: A New View on the Erosion Enigma

Robert Adam Schneiker, 2025. _Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 57(6), paper 63-6, GSA Connects 2025, San Antonio, 19 October 2025_.

A poster abstract arguing that the Sphinx shows little true erosion: the rough body was pounded back during construction and faced with a limestone veneer, sand protected it, and looting of the veneer exposed the core now read as weathering.

**Great Sphinx of Giza** Talkdoi: **[10.1130/abs/2025AM-9176](https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2025AM-9176)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The 2025 reading; an abstract only, no paper located.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[There is little true erosion; the rough body is the construction core, cut back and faced with a veneer that…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/answers/ANS0CTWSQFM780N/there-is-little-true-erosion-the-rough-body-is-the)

Answer

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[A 2025 GSA poster abstract proposes that the weathered appearance is the exposed rough core of a veneered…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/evidence/EVD0CTWSQQE1W85/a-2025-gsa-poster-abstract-proposes-that-the-weathered)

Evidence

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[Robert Schneiker presents the poster 'The Great Sphinx: A New View on the Erosion Enigma' at GSA Connects](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/events/EVT0CTWSC0E40NG/robert-schneiker-presents-the-poster-the-great-sphinx-a-new)

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[Robert Adam Schneiker](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/people/FIG0CTWS6WC0E1Y/robert-adam-schneiker)

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[The Great Sphinx of Giza](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx)

The mystery article

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[Geological Society of America](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx/organisations/ORG0CTWS83E44CE/geological-society-of-america)

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## Cite it

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Schneiker, R. A. (2025). The Great Sphinx: A New View on the Erosion Enigma. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 57(6), paper 63-6, GSA Connects 2025, San Antonio, 19 October 2025. https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2025AM-9176
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[Read it free at gsameetings.secure-platform.com](https://gsameetings.secure-platform.com/connects25/solicitations/103002/sessiongallery/schedule/items/95309/application/9176)

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27 Oct 2026, for editors

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