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Archaeology Problems (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Looks nothing like the much more complex stone work that was done on The Sphinx.

In fact it is reasonable that those improvements could take around 5500 years of development since they had to invent copper, tin, and bronze smelting in that interval.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You mean the head or the body of the Sphinx? Head, I’ll agree, body - mmmm - doesn’t seem to be that complex but maybe I’m missing something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The stones above the base. The head and body primarily. The base was carved out of stone in situ, but as I understand it, they had to build up the rear of the body and head. To be fair, I'm remembering this from a paper I read in college in 98 or 99.