[NotQuiteCricket]

It is OK. Sometimes I get these overwhelming urges of aggravation about the "establishment" and the "establishment's" unwillingness to consider that there is someone somewhere who, because of their experience and knowledge (that is outside of the "establishment") is able to see to the bottom of an issue quickly. For example the sphinx - that is water erosion, and there is no way that you can escape from the *fact* that it is water erosion...but since that *fact* will not fall in line with any of the "establishment's" current *theories* that *fact* is ignored.

Here is an example of a mathematician, who, because he grooves on math, figured out a math problem (with a fairly good probability of being correct). Well, since the people who study archaeology don't know math inside, outside, upside, downside, they sniff and poo-poo this guy's idea.

I would say that it all comes out in the wash - but stuff like this is very heavily decided on who is doing the laundry.

[cinFLA]

For example the sphinx - that is water erosion, and there is no way that you can escape from the *fact* that it is water erosion...

Either Discovery or the History Channel had a mention of this last week. They mention natural erosion; I don't remember whether they clarified as to wind or water.

[Consort]

For example the sphinx - that is water erosion,...

Acid rain?

[Thinkin' Gal]

The Sphinx is facing its own image on the ground. That would be the one prostrating toward Mecca (why else would the Sphinx be sporting a kaffiyeh?).

The real question is, is the Hall of Records under a stone paw in Giza, or hidden near Kuwait, say on or about the 30th parallel? Hmmm?

[BigBobber]

Establishment's three-step reaction to any profound new idea:

1) It can't be true.
2) We knew it all along.
3) We thought of it first.