Robert Schoch
Robert Schoch is a Boston University associate professor of geology and a leading proponent of the water-erosion hypothesis for the Great Sphinx of Giza. His 1991 study with John Anthony West suggested the weathering patterns on the Sphinx enclosure indicate prolonged exposure to heavy rainfall, implying a much earlier date of construction than the conventional 2500 BCE attribution.
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