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1992/03/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Giza zientziak

Magnificent sphinx of Gizeh next to Alkairo, pharaohs of Kefren a. C. To date it was thought to be built in 2550.

But Robert M has just put forward a hypothesis contrary to all traditions. American Egyptologists Schoch. According to this, a. C. The esfing was built between the years 7000 and 5000 and the pharaoh of Kefren only made to fix and remodel the face.

To launch this theory, Schoch relies on the erosion of the stones at the bottom of the sphinx. The erosion of the stones on the outside and on the top, although it can be said that it is very recent, is very old. Therefore, if this hypothesis is true, the sphinx would be realized by civilizations prior to the pharaohs. Moreover, as we know very little of these civilizations, esfing can open the way to know it better.

Schoch's theories were analyzed at a meeting held by the US Association of Geologists in San Diego. Surprise, criticism and hope were the protagonists of this meeting.

However, it is not entirely said by Schoch, as some Egyptian archaeologists have embodied this idea. It was said that the erosion of the rains caused for the first time in the rock a lion shaped image. In the past, the local climate was much more humid than the current one. This image would favor the imagination of Neolithic civilizations and the civilization of then would give this eroded stone an anthropogenic aspect.