Graham Hancock

And then 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 supposed to have been built. They're laid out in the pattern of Orion's belt in 10,500 BC, 12,500 years ago.

So it's like a marker on the Giza Plateau speaking to that age, just as Pillar 43 at Gobekli Tepe speaks to that age in the astronomical diagram on that pillar.

So it's like a marker on the Giza Plateau speaking to that age, just as Pillar 43 at Gobekli Tepe speaks to that age in the astronomical diagram on that pillar.

So it's like a marker on the Giza Plateau speaking to that age, just as Pillar 43 at Gobekli Tepe speaks to that age in the astronomical diagram on that pillar.

Yeah, that's right, because it's a cycle. It goes back.

Yeah, that's right, because it's a cycle. It goes back.

Yeah, that's right, because it's a cycle. It goes back.

Yeah, the Sphinx is another one. The... Sphinx aligned with it. It was looking at the rising sun and behind it the constellation of Leo 12,500 years ago. But if you go back 25,000, 26,000 years before that, you'll find the same alignment occurring. It's a cycle. It's not a one-off event. It's a cycle that occurs every 26,000 years. It's a mind blower.

Yeah, the Sphinx is another one. The... Sphinx aligned with it. It was looking at the rising sun and behind it the constellation of Leo 12,500 years ago. But if you go back 25,000, 26,000 years before that, you'll find the same alignment occurring. It's a cycle. It's not a one-off event. It's a cycle that occurs every 26,000 years. It's a mind blower.

Yeah, the Sphinx is another one. The... Sphinx aligned with it. It was looking at the rising sun and behind it the constellation of Leo 12,500 years ago. But if you go back 25,000, 26,000 years before that, you'll find the same alignment occurring. It's a cycle. It's not a one-off event. It's a cycle that occurs every 26,000 years. It's a mind blower.

It's a mind-blower, and that's why John Anthony West, who I'm so glad you had him on your show before he passed. He was such a genius and such a funny guy.

It's a mind-blower, and that's why John Anthony West, who I'm so glad you had him on your show before he passed. He was such a genius and such a funny guy.

It's a mind-blower, and that's why John Anthony West, who I'm so glad you had him on your show before he passed. He was such a genius and such a funny guy.

I probably watched it 30 times. He was an absolute genius. And John was of the view that the Sphinx is more than 30,000 years old rather than just 12,500 years old.

I probably watched it 30 times. He was an absolute genius. And John was of the view that the Sphinx is more than 30,000 years old rather than just 12,500 years old.

I probably watched it 30 times. He was an absolute genius. And John was of the view that the Sphinx is more than 30,000 years old rather than just 12,500 years old.

Yeah. That's the really important matter that Robert Shock has brought to the table, which no other person has dared to do. Now, John Anthony West started that process. He was aware of a problem in the weathering of the Sphinx, but he wasn't quite sure what the problem was. He was following up some writings by

Yeah. That's the really important matter that Robert Shock has brought to the table, which no other person has dared to do. Now, John Anthony West started that process. He was aware of a problem in the weathering of the Sphinx, but he wasn't quite sure what the problem was. He was following up some writings by

Yeah. That's the really important matter that Robert Shock has brought to the table, which no other person has dared to do. Now, John Anthony West started that process. He was aware of a problem in the weathering of the Sphinx, but he wasn't quite sure what the problem was. He was following up some writings by

A scholar called Schwaller de Lubix back in the 1920s or 1930s who said something about water weathering on the Sphinx. And so John brought Robert Shock there to Giza. And Robert Shock immediately recognized the weathering patterns on the Sphinx as the result of heavy rainfall, exposure to heavy rainfall for thousands of years.