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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 6456431, member: 51347"]You know, I have read various books and several articles that place the making of the Sphinx ca. 3,500 BCE, and some postulating that it was made in 35,000 BCE (MUCH to the chagrin of [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] ) LOL <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think he was the last of the dinosaurs, and was BORN around 350,000 BCE in the Mediterranean Basin before it filled up with water (well, there were 5 lakes in there before it filled.) The sphinx wandered up to the Giza Plateau, fell asleep, and eventually petrified into the stone monolith we see today. The Comic Book cover shows him getting ready to sleep.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, there you have it folks. I got that story placed on the internet, so it MUST be true! And, there were NO aliens involved! Right, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] ? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-8-31_11-7-58-png.1167880/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Egypt </b></p><p>SCARAB </p><p>Middle Kingdom 2065-1650 BCE </p><p>Scarabaeus </p><p>Sphinx </p><p>ex Gustave Mustaki collection[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 6456431, member: 51347"]You know, I have read various books and several articles that place the making of the Sphinx ca. 3,500 BCE, and some postulating that it was made in 35,000 BCE (MUCH to the chagrin of [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] ) LOL :) I think he was the last of the dinosaurs, and was BORN around 350,000 BCE in the Mediterranean Basin before it filled up with water (well, there were 5 lakes in there before it filled.) The sphinx wandered up to the Giza Plateau, fell asleep, and eventually petrified into the stone monolith we see today. The Comic Book cover shows him getting ready to sleep. Well, there you have it folks. I got that story placed on the internet, so it MUST be true! And, there were NO aliens involved! Right, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] ? :D [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-8-31_11-7-58-png.1167880/[/IMG] [B]Egypt [/B] SCARAB Middle Kingdom 2065-1650 BCE Scarabaeus Sphinx ex Gustave Mustaki collection[/QUOTE]
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