In a message of 16 Apr 98 Ivy Iverson wrote to me:
 II>   Well, I base _my_opinion_ [(c) 1998 by Ivy] on the close-up pictures I
 II> have seen which plainly show smooth vertical grooves cut into the
 II> surfaces of both the Sphynx and the walls around it, which look the same
 II> as the grooves which running water cuts into dirt banks.  This does not
 II> resemble, even slightly, the marks left by blowing sand!  As a result, I
 II> am convinced that that is water damage.  
I have heard this theory many times (I didn't know you held the © though!) 
You are going to have to go to Egypt and see for yourself. I'll come and 
carry your bags if you can pay my airfare.
 II> possibly millions, of years, this means that they are truly ancient,
 II> dating back to the flood of Noah, or perhaps the last poleshift or
Poleshift? Do you mean magnetic reversal or do you subscribe to the theory 
that  the polar icecaps periodically `fall off' and drag the hemipheres  
askew?
 II> a FEW questions would be _IF_ some DNA could be extracted from some of
 II> the mumies (sp?) and comapred to the DNA of present-day Egyptians, and
 II>I consider this unlikely.  
THe Arabs moved into Egypt in historical times. The Pharoahs and Cleopatra 
were  definitely not Arabs. Its only a matter of time before DNA testing 
finds out what they were. I wouldn't be surprised if the Sudanese are there 
closest surviving relatives.
 IT> The only other possability would be _IF_ there
 II> is a secret chamber, either under the Sphynx, (as was predicted by Edgar
 II> Cayce and has been verified by seismic soundings), or elsewhere, it
 II> COULD contain clues which might answer the questions.  However,
 II> considering that in science, whenever one question is answered, it often
 II> presents more questions.
All that will be known in a few years. The Egyptians are very jealous of 
outsiders claiming credit for any new discoveries.
_patrick_                                      (email: 
patrick.ford@amiga.gen.nz) 
             Team *Amiga*
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