Artikel von Brian Dunning, von September 2019. Nicht über den Löwenkopf, aber über das Alter und TV-Dokus
The Age of the Sphinx (...)The history of people in what is today Egypt — from way back in neolithic ages through today, and especially including the periods when the pyramids and other great works were constructed — is one those areas of study where we have data that's rock solid (no pun intended). There is no meaningful uncertainty on any substantial part of it. The major events, such as the construction of the Sphinx, are nailed down pretty thoroughly. Thus, at its heart, the question of the age of the Sphinx is the debate between science and pseudoscience. Among the entire body of archaeologists, geologists, and especially Egyptologists, there is no significant doubt over the date of the Sphinx's construction: about 2500 BCE. The idea that it is much older — dating from some 5 to 10 thousand years ago — is held by a few non-experts whose numbers you can count on the fingers of one hand. It is not a "competing theory".(...)
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(...)And yet we have a huge problem. That problem is not with the evidence we have, it's with the version of it that is presented. Try doing a Google search for the age of the Sphinx, and you'll find the search results are grossly disproportionately in favor of articles touting a non-existent "controversy" or "new evidence suggests the Sphinx is much older than scientists thought". Nobody ever publishes an article or makes a TV show to state a simple fact we already know; instead they trumpet the sensationalism of the wild new claim.(...)
Thorsteen schrieb:da frage ich mich immer warum nicht die Anhänger von sowas mal selber ein paar Minuten opfern.
Schnapspraline schrieb:Es war schon immer eine Katze, ein Löwe Macht überhaupt keinen Sinn
