Older Than the Pyramids The OLDEST Sphinx Statuette Discovered at Giza

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Last year I made two videos on the Kromer Dump (linked below), an obscure but important feature of the Giza Plateau – a crescent-shaped, ancient trash heap located to the south of the Giza Pyramids. It was first excavated in the 1970s by Karl Kromer, and then again to a lesser extent in 2018, by the Ancient Egypt Research Associates, or AERA. • Experts agree the dump was created in the 4th dynasty of the Old Kingdom – that certainly seems to be the case – and whilst it does contain a variety of finds from the reigns of Khufu and Khafre, the 1970s lead archaeologist Karl Kromer believed the dump also contained earlier finds from dynasties 1 to 3. Clay sealing expert Maira Torcia Rigillo would go on to analyse some of the finds and also agreed. There was also evidence for possible pre-dynastic activity, as seen in the decoration on some of the pot sherds. • Kromer’s 1978 excavation report is often quoted and last week I finally found a copy, a fantastic, detailed and well-illustrated 170-page publication on the Kromer Dump, packed with details, photographs, drawings, cross sections and interpretations. • Inside the dump, in Trench F, Kromer discovered what he called the oldest Sphinx statuette ever discovered in Egypt, and by Sphinx I mean with the body of a lion and head of a human. But why does it have no pharaonic headdress? Why does it have no beard? Why doesn't it look like any pharaoh we know of? In this video I investigate! • All images are taken from the below sources, Google Images and Google Earth for educational purposes only. Please subscribe to Ancient Architects, Like the video, and please leave a comment below. Thank you. • Previous videos of interest: • Giza: Before the Pyramids: • Video • The Great Dump of Giza: • The Great Dump of Giza and a Lost Roy... • Cover-up or Complacency: • The True Origins of Giza: Cover-up or... • The Ancient Road into Giza: • Video • CONTENTS • 0:00 - Intro • 0:27 - Kromer Dump • 2:29 - Giza Before the Pyramids • 2:54 - Kromer Dump 2018 Excavations • 3:55 - Kromer Excavation Report • 5:15 - The Kromer Sphinx • 7:26 - How Old is the Sphinx? • 9:40 - Pre-Dynastic Sphinx Hypothesis • 12:06 - Pre-4th Dynasty Finds by Kromer • 14:23 - The Sphinx Alternative History • 16:20 - Conclusion • Sources: • Kromer, K. (1978) Siedlungsfunde aus dem frühen alten Reich in Giseh. Österreichische Ausgrabungen 1971-1975. • https://gizamedia.rc.fas.harvard.edu/... • https://gizamedia.rc.fas.harvard.edu/... • https://uhasammlung.univie.ac.at/kata... • http://gizamedia.rc.fas.harvard.edu/i... • https://www.aeraweb.org/wp-content/up... • https://isac.uchicago.edu/sites/defau... • https://www.aeraweb.org/wp-content/up... • https://www.academia.edu/25349666/Giz... • https://www.academia.edu/28386258/Cla... • https://gizamedia.rc.fas.harvard.edu/... • https://www.academia.edu/62379692/Kha... • https://www.jstor.org/stable/544868 • #ancientarchitects #ancientegypt #sphinx

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