On Tue, 31 Mar 1998 - deluxe -= <jeff@ultraviolet.com> Wrote:
>What do we know about Human history? We have that damn Sphinx. Now
>dated at nearly 10,000 years old.
Most of the Sphinx is a lot older than that, it was a natural limestone hill.
Considering its proximity to the site proposed for Chepsos's new pyramid it
was probably considered an eyesore by the builders, there may even have been
talk of laboriously removing it, until some artistic genius took a good look
at that oblong outcrop of rock and said " You know, I think I can do something
with that". The evidence that any portion of the Sphinx carved by humans is
older than 5 thousand years is weak, to put it politely.
John K Clark johnkc@well.com
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