Posted on 04/11/2024 1:18:01 PM PDT by logi_cal869
The Great Sphinx of Giza in Egypt, a massive structure carved from a single rock, has long fascinated visitors and experts alike. While many believed that the imposing statue, with its human head and lion's body, was created by humans during the ancient kingdom of Egypt around 2600 BC, its true origins remained shrouded in mystery.
However, a recent study conducted by scientists from New York University, published in the journal Physical Review Fluids, provides insight into how this extraordinary statue was formed over 4,500 years ago.
The multi-layered body: A puzzle Traditionally attributed to human craftsmanship, the exact process behind the creation of the multi-layered body of the Sphinx has puzzled researchers for centuries. The new study challenges this notion, suggesting that erosion played a crucial role in the statue's formation.
The researchers said their experiment indicates a plausible "origin story" for the formation of Sphinx-like structures through erosion, explained the senior author of the study, Leif Ristroph. He said that surprisingly, sphinx-like formations can indeed result from materials eroded by fast-flowing substances.
These findings not only emphasize the influence of nature in the sculpture's creation but also suggest that the unique rock formations may have inspired the ancient Egyptians to transform them into the lion-headed figure.
Ristroph and his team further noted that these results shed light on the natural phenomena encountered by ancient peoples in the Egyptian deserts and offer insight into why they envisioned such a fantastic creature.
To test their hypothesis, the researchers closely examined how wind shapes and affects unusual rock formations known as yardangs. These low ridges, carved by wind in flat deserts, served as the basis for their experiments. By using mounds of soft clay infused with a harder, less erodible material to replicate the surface found in northeastern Egypt, the team simulated wind erosion by subjecting the formations to a high-speed stream of water.
The result was a clay structure remarkably resembling a sphinx, potentially serving as a foundation for subsequent human sculpture.
Theory: Great Sphinx formed through wind erosion The experiment supports a theory originally proposed in 1981 by geologist Farouk Al-Baz, who suggested that the Great Sphinx was naturally formed through wind erosion. NYU's recreation of the yardang structure included "a lion's head, a slender neck, paws resting on the ground, and an arched back."
Ristroph added that around the world, there are existing yardangs that already resemble animals in a sitting or lying position, further validating our conclusions.
He also highlighted the geological significance of their work, as it reveals the diverse factors that shape rock formations and disproves the notion of their homogeneity or uniform composition.
The unexpected shapes of rocks are influenced by the drift and flow, impacting the harder and softer sections of the rock, he explained.
Yeah, I know it's from 11/2023, but the pathetic attempt at reinforcing defective Egyptology is being recycled by MSN and I noted that it was never posted here.
I classify such studies which egregiously deviate from the scientific method as fraudulent.
Anyone reading this who doesn't understand why I'm classifying this as 'fraud' should do your own due diligence as to the true age of the Sphinx (and particularly the enclosure, as well as research which cites the water erosion of both the statue and the enclosure).
This article is nothing but clap trap horseshit. I have seen the thing. It was not formed by erosion. Who are these imposters? Post kindergarten studies scholars?
In before the “It was Aliens” guy with weird hair!
This is old news to anyone who grew up listening to Art Bell...
Hold up now...
I’ll wait to hear the pronouncement of Sunken Civ
Lol. I thought the same thing.
It is pretty easy to tell they took advantage of preexisting geological strata and then set a head on top after the preexisting strata was carved out to shape. The only question is “when”.
Lol. Erosion. What claptrap.
The idea that ancient stone masons did it with copper or stone tools is just as ridiculous.
I went to the site to see if they had any examples of yardangs that look like animals. They had a link to this:
https://www.jpost.com/national-news/egypt-comes-to-israel-sphinx-found-in-north-319346
That doesn’t look natural to me either.
I’m surprised they haven’t said it was allahlah.
Do people remember that NY university is full of American hating professors and students? I would not trust anything they came up with.
Doesn't he run the Gods and Glyphs ping list?
Me too
You will find statues of the first and second dynasties carved from steatite, a very hard stone, harder than the stone found at the Sphinx.
It’s ridiculous to claim it was formed by wind erosion.
Or read Graham Hancock.
Yes I know that very hard stonework was done. Some of these works are as flat as modern truing tables. Not done with stone or copper tools. On some things traces of rotary tools can be seen. They had to have had a very high technology that has since been lost.
Just imagine for a moment. The same people that don’t believe in Jesus now believes that the Great Sphinx was carved by accident by a bunch of random sand particles. AMAZING!
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