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| | REDATING THE GREAT SPHINX OF GIZA Dr. Robert M. Schoch |
 | | Alternatively, or complementarily to the migration of subsurface ground water, similar weathering is actively taking place during the present day, due to the condensation of atmospheric moisture on the rock. |
 | | Kulshreshtha and A. Punuru ('Geologic features and durability of limestones at the Sphinx,' in P. Marinos and G. Koukis, eds., Engineering Geology of Ancient Works, Monuments and Historical Sites (Rotterdam, 1988), 723-729 [725-726]), 'the moisture is able to condense as droplets of water in the cool of the night. |
 | | The source of this water is the atmosphere, and not the subsurface, because the water table lies many meters below the surfaces under consideration. |
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