A detailed view of the vertical fissures and undulating erosion patterns on the Sphinx enclosure walls. Geologist Robert Schoch argues these patterns are c
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A detailed view of the vertical fissures and undulating erosion patterns on the Sphinx enclosure walls. Geologist Robert Schoch argues these patterns are consistent with prolonged water exposure from heavy rainfall, last common in Egypt between 7000-5000 BCE.
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