StarSparkle Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 An interesting snippet of info that Im not sure is true but archeologists working on the sphinx think that a lot of the erosion onits sides were caused by tropical rainfall... now... how old is the sphinx...? Not that old... Not the archaeologists, they prefer to turn a blind eye and sing "la, la, la" a lot. No, it is geologists who claim the Sphinx suffered water erosion in antiquity, which makes it very much older than the Egyptologists accept. I believe the geologist who did the original research was a man called Dr Robert Schoch, a geology professor from Boston University StarSparkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Not the archaeologists, they prefer to turn a blind eye and sing "la, la, la" a lot. No, it is geologists who claim the Sphinx suffered water erosion in antiquity, which makes it very much older than the Egyptologists accept. I believe the geologist who did the original research was a man called Dr Robert Schoch, a geology professor from Boston University StarSparkle Thats a very interesting point you make there and one close to my heart. I think that theres a ton of information out there thats glossed over, ignored and basically sneered at by mainstream science because it doesnt fit into their neat little views of the world. Not only would history books have to be changed drastically, their educations would have to be revised and their findings reviewed. Id go so far as to say that some of them are downright scared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarSparkle Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Thats a very interesting point you make there and one close to my heart. I think that theres a ton of information out there thats glossed over, ignored and basically sneered at by mainstream science because it doesnt fit into their neat little views of the world. Not only would history books have to be changed drastically, their educations would have to be revised and their findings reviewed. Id go so far as to say that some of them are downright scared. Terrified ****less, I'd say. There's a lot of academic reputations on the line - and not just in archaeology. A lot of entrenched positions to defend StarSparkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathom Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 You lot have given me something to think about now....I'm off to read about the Sphinx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarSparkle Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 You lot have given me something to think about now....I'm off to read about the Sphinx! It's an UTTERLY fascinating subject, Mathom, it really is StarSparkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plekhanov Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 I was going to say 'bedrock of course!' but then it can't just be bedrock can it? Because sand is abrasive and surely that would then mean more and more sand would keep being made? Nice user name BTW Rock is of continually being eroded by the weather just as it's continually being created by the geological processes of the earth either by being compacted into sedimentary rock or melted into igneous rock from sedimentary rock that is subducted back into the earth's mantle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 So from being a thread based on science we have now descended into the usual internet bollokks and rumour mongering about the Sphinx. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the WWW was right - "Berners-Lee (now Sir Tim) issued a dire health warning on the reliability of the information swirling around his great invention. He slammed the sheer volume of malicious rumours and daft conspiracy theories being passed off as facts, describing how "the thinking of cults" has infested the knowledge base. Outlining the dangers, he explained: "On the web, the thinking of cults can spread very rapidly and suddenly a cult which was 12 people who have deep personal issues can find a formula which is very believable. This can result in a conspiracy theory of sorts which you can imagine spreading to thousands of people and being deeply damaging." Berners-Lee developed his ideas in the 1980s while working at CERN, the nuclear research hub that last week switched on its Large Hadron Collider, crashing particles together in an effort to uncover the secrets of the early universe. Despite the assurances of eminent scientists, an online campaign generated fears that the collider would turn into a doomsday machine, destroying the earth. Berners-Lee also cited a cyberspace disinformation campaign for spreading the false and damaging belief that the MMR vaccine can cause autism in children." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarSparkle Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 So from being a thread based on science we have now descended into the usual internet bollokks and rumour mongering about the Sphinx. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the WWW was right - "Berners-Lee (now Sir Tim) issued a dire health warning on the reliability of the information swirling around his great invention. He slammed the sheer volume of malicious rumours and daft conspiracy theories being passed off as facts, describing how "the thinking of cults" has infested the knowledge base. Outlining the dangers, he explained: "On the web, the thinking of cults can spread very rapidly and suddenly a cult which was 12 people who have deep personal issues can find a formula which is very believable. This can result in a conspiracy theory of sorts which you can imagine spreading to thousands of people and being deeply damaging." Berners-Lee developed his ideas in the 1980s while working at CERN, the nuclear research hub that last week switched on its Large Hadron Collider, crashing particles together in an effort to uncover the secrets of the early universe. Despite the assurances of eminent scientists, an online campaign generated fears that the collider would turn into a doomsday machine, destroying the earth. Berners-Lee also cited a cyberspace disinformation campaign for spreading the false and damaging belief that the MMR vaccine can cause autism in children." Oh come on, Alastair, you know better than this. The revised research on the Sphinx is no mere 'internet rumour' - the research was carried out in the early 1990s, and books discussing the water erosion of the Sphinx have been around for well over a decade. Academics in geology have been involved in the research, in fact it's nothing to do with the internet. StarSparkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plekhanov Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Oh come on, Alastair, you know better than this. The revised research on the Sphinx is no mere 'internet rumour' - the research was carried out in the early 1990s, and books discussing the water erosion of the Sphinx have been around for well over a decade. Well if it's in a book then it must be true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarSparkle Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Well if it's in a book then it must be true Dear, dear, that's very poor, Plekhanov. And don't roll your eyes at me because you can't think of anything to say StarSparkle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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