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Origins of the Sphinx: Celestial Guardian of Pre-Pharaonic Civilization

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Robert Schoch

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Schoch and Robert Bauval's 2017 primary claimant book for the older-Sphinx and pre-Pharaonic extension; evidence for the authors' claim genealogy only.

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AT-1771 documents Schoch and Bauval's pre-Pharaonic Sphinx claim, while AT-1769 and AT-1772 do not establish that the Sphinx predates the Old Kingdom by thousands of years.

The physical weathering is real and scientifically discussable, but the leap to a much older monument and lost civilization is not securely supported.
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Schoch and Bauval advance an older-Sphinx interpretation in AT-1771; peer-reviewed weathering work and AERA site context limit any claim that geology alone fixes a pre-Old-Kingdom date.

Answer / theory: No. He argued for an older date based on geology, but the claim remains disputed. What supports it: The enclosure is visibly weathered and his rainfall interpretation is a real geological argument. What is weak or disputed: The archaeological context and alternative weathering explanations weaken the extreme re-dating claim. Evidence level: Mixed Evidence for the weathering question; weak evidence for major re-dating.
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Weathering interpretation cannot by itself identify a builder culture or establish a lost civilization; AT-1771 is claimant genealogy, not independent confirmation.

Answer / theory: No. Even if some water-related erosion is accepted, it does not identify Atlantis or a lost civilization. What supports it: Alternative writers connect the older Sphinx to Atlantis-like lost civilization stories. What is weak or disputed: The geology does not prove a specific culture, myth, or civilization. Evidence level: Mostly Speculative.
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