Ben van Kerkwyk
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Even in Peru, you find similar logistical achievements.
I just came back from five weeks in Peru.
So let's pause real quick and we'll be right back.
I mean, you can't make, to me, any argument that these giant statues are functional.
They're clearly symbolic.
It's almost like a challenge to history.
It's a monument through history.
I mean, there's some indication that...
Things like the pyramid, the Great Pyramid, are markers and they're demonstrations of their knowledge and capability.
We can talk about that in a minute.
But the statues, no, to me, it's just like, look at us, look how mighty we are.
It's like the same reason we, I mean, why do we make Mount Rushmore?
It's like to leave a monument or some sort of marker behind.
I mean, the Sphinx, for example, could be a marker.
In time, when you look at it in terms of the great cycle and the fact that it was likely a lion and it's facing due east, so that it could well be a marker for a particular moment during the processional cycle.
Right, or plus 25,920 years.
So it's each cycle of that.
So this is the thing.
I mean, the Sphinx...