Ben van Kerkwyk

I mean, shit.

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...