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Re:Egypt's Pyramids May Have Been Built on a Long-Lost Branc... by taejavu on Thursday May 16, 2024 @03:27PM (#40382133)
How did the erosion happen? At what time period was that much water there?
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Re:Egypt's Pyramids May Have Been Built on a Long-Lost Branc... by robbiep on Thursday May 16, 2024 @04:07PM (#40382554)
You know sand and wind erode as well, right?
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Re:Egypt's Pyramids May Have Been Built on a Long-Lost Branc... by nvilcins on Friday May 17, 2024 @02:39AM (#40387087)
Different ways of erosion leave different kinds of traces. The ones in the Sphinx enclosure are indicative of water (more specifically - rainfall) erosion.
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Re:Egypt's Pyramids May Have Been Built on a Long-Lost Branc... by colibri727 on Thursday May 16, 2024 @07:20PM (#40384526)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_humid_period

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara_pump_theory

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