The entire landscape of the Giza necropolis, including the pyramids and the Sphinx, show erosion by water; everything indicates that this area was once submerged under sea water. A fossil with unique characteristics amplifies this theory.
Archaeologist Sherif El Morsi has been working extensively on the Giza Plateau for more than two decades, and in 2013 teamed up with fellow Humanity founder and fellow researcher Antoine Gigal to showcase their discovery, a controversial fossil that can change the whole story.
Dr. Robert M. Schloch was one of the first scientists to really address the issue of plateau structures, which are larger than previously thought. In the early 1990s, he suggested that the Sphinx is thousands of years older than is commonly believed; based on studies carried out on water erosion patterns found both in the statue and in the surrounding rock, it would date back to 5,000 to 9,000 years BC.
Morsi has been digging deeper into this mystery ever since. During one of his photo sessions documenting the erosion patterns of many of the megaliths in the area, she made a discovery that further suggests that the area was once submerged.
“During my photo shoot of this ancient waterfront, I nearly stumbled upon a second level of temple blocks,” Morsi said in an article posted on the Gigal Research website.
“To my surprise, the bulge on the top surface of the block, which nearly caused me to fall, was a petrified exoskeleton of what appears to be an echinoid (sea urchin), a shallow-sea marine creature.”
Morsi believes that the Giza plateau was once inundated by a tidal wave. In particular, the Menkara temple site may once have been an ancient lagoon, when the high seas covered the Necropolis, Sphinx, temple complexes, and other sites.
Other scientists have suggested that the echinoid in the limestone was exposed by erosion and the creature was part of the original limestone that formed 30 million years ago.
But Morsi disagrees with that theory and rather suggests that the creature was cemented, or petrified, in a relatively more recent time, citing evidence that the creature is gravitationally flat, that it is in perfect condition, that it is within range intertidal of the lagoon, and that it is a large specimen as opposed to the small samples typically found in limestone blocks.
“We can clearly see the pristine condition and minute details of the perforation of the exoskeleton,” Morsi continued, “meaning that this sea creature must have petrified in recent times. It is not a fossil whose body is like most fossils that go back 30 million years, but it is petrified by the sediment deposits that have filled its voids.
Morsi believes the flooding was quite significant, peaking at 75 meters above present sea level and creating a shoreline encompassing the Khafra compound near the Sphinx at Menkara temple.
Holes and grooves produced by the tide due to the reflux of the waves in the stones in this area, show about 2 meters of intertidal range, says Morsi. On the other hand, at sites like the Sphinx, the Sphinx temple, and the first 20 trajectories of the Great Pyramid, the stones show erosion due to deeper water saturation.
In the temple blocks, there are sediments and material, which is only seen in shallow seabeds and lagoons. As when the water is removed, a spongy effect is created in the rock.
For an echinoid to reach 8 centimeters – the regular size of fossils – it would take about 15 years.
Furthermore, the amount of sediment and alluvial deposits, as well as intertidal erosion in the shallower areas, takes centuries, suggesting that the area was inundated for quite some time.
However, it is difficult to determine the exact year of the flood. Over the past 140,000 years, sea levels have fluctuated by more than 120 meters, as large ice sheets have grown and receded during glacial cycles, according to research.
In any case, Morsi’s discoveries demolish the “Official History” that decrees that the Great Pyramid whose height of 146.61 meters, which is equivalent to a forty-story building, was built yes or yes in ten years by Pharaoh Cheops in the year 2550 BC and the Great Sphinx by Pharaoh Khafre around 2,500 B.C.
Researchers John Anthony West, Robert Bauval and Graham Hancock have claimed since the 1990s that the Sphinx could have been carved at a much earlier date: 10,500 BC. time where the erosion that we see in the Sphinx was caused.
There is no doubt that even more mysteries of these fascinating ancient constructions will be revealed in the near future, mysteries that official archeology does not want the world to know about.
