Egypt on the Joe Rogan Experience

“What caused it was exposure to a very long period of heavy, heavy, heavy rainfall.”

The guest claims the Great Sphinx's erosion was caused by prolonged heavy rainfall during the Younger Dryas period roughly 12,000 years ago, implying the Sphinx is far older than the accepted ~2500 BC date.

“result of heavy rainfall, exposure to heavy rainfall for thousands of years. And you have to go back to the Younger Dryas to get that kind of heavy rainfall in…”

Geologist Robert Schoch attributed the weathering of the Sphinx to thousands of years of heavy rainfall, implying it is more than 12,000 years old.

“The king lists from ancient Egypt go back 30 plus thousand years.”

Hancock claims ancient Egyptian king lists document a lineage of rulers extending back more than 30,000 years.

“the Sphinx 12,500 years ago was gazing at dawn on the spring equinox at the constellation of Leo. In other words, this lion monument on the ground was looking …”

Hancock claims astronomical alignment (the Sphinx facing the constellation Leo at dawn on the spring equinox roughly 12,500 years ago) supports his view, along with water-erosion evidence, that the Great Sphinx is far older than its conventional dating of about 4,500 years.

“The geology speaks to the original Sphinx being more than 12,000 years old.”

Hancock claims geological water-erosion evidence shows the Great Sphinx of Giza is over 12,000 years old, far older than the accepted ~4,500-year Old Kingdom date.

“we have in Egypt 120 pyramids we don't have only Kufu pyramid that everyone is talking about. You have 120 pyramids.”

Hawass states there are 120 pyramids in Egypt, not only the Khufu pyramid.

“The Sphinx aligned with, it was looking at the rising sun and behind it the constellation of Leo 12,500 years ago.”

The Sphinx faced the rising sun with the constellation Leo behind it 12,500 years ago.

“Because if it's the tomb of Khufu then it had to be built in 23 years because that was his Reign uh he would start in theory building it at the beginning of hi…”

The Great Pyramid, if the tomb of Khufu, would have had to be built within his roughly 23-year reign.

“when we work precession into the equation, we find that they're not laid out in the pattern of Orion's belt as it looked in 2500 BC when the pyramids are suppo…”

The three Giza pyramids are laid out matching the pattern of Orion's belt as it appeared in 10,500 BC, not 2500 BC when they were supposedly built.

“and that time is around 12,600 years ago. It's not a single moment, it's an epoch of several hundred years. But the constellation of Leo, it was the age of Leo…”

Hancock claims the constellation Leo housed the rising sun at the spring equinox around 12,600 years ago, aligning with the lion-shaped Sphinx.

“And this monument is aligned to within three sixtieths of a single degree of true north. Why do I pick three sixtieths? Because degrees are divided into 60 min…”

Hancock claims the Great Pyramid is aligned to true north within three arc minutes (three sixtieths of a degree).

“Now I give you some statistics. It's 481.39 feet high originally. It's a bit lower today. It lost some 30 feet from its top in an earthquake. Footprint of the …”

Hancock gives statistics for the Great Pyramid: originally 481.39 feet tall, base footprint 13.1 acres, weight 6 million tons.